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Ballmer's Bullish Outlook
News For more than 20 years, Steve Ballmer has been Microsoft's chief salesman, promoting his company's products with a mixture of over-the-top enthusiasm, street-fighter brashness and market savvy. Ballmer: I think it's still around the Internet and...
[June 8, 2005, 13:10]
Ballmer 'vowed To Kill Google'
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer vowed to "kill" Google in an expletive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving the company to go work for Google, the engineer claimed in court documents made public on...
[September 5, 2005, 9:05]
Ballmer: 'I Love Your Daughter'
Blog Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer has pledged to hire a 13-year-old cheerleader to work for Microsoft -- in nine years time. At which point Ballmer interjected: "I love your daughter! Ballmer said: "I know".
[October 10, 2007, 21:28]
Ballmer: Don't Stifle Innovation
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer vowed to fight the European Commission's antitrust ruling, arguing that all companies, even ones with a near monopoly, have a right to improve their products. Ballmer's comments follow a decision by the...
[March 25, 2004, 7:35]
Ballmer: We Must 'compete Relentlessly'
News Microsoft needs to do a better job of convincing customers that the latest versions of its products are worth having, chief executive Steve Ballmer said in a companywide email on Tuesday. Ballmer said that one way to make Microsoft products more...
[July 7, 2004, 8:35]
Ballmer Confident, But Admits Failings
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has confessed the software giant's .NET interoperability efforts with IBM and Sun have slowed, says he's accepted SQL Server's shortcomings, and vowed to keep fighting search giant Google.
[June 28, 2005, 9:40]
Ballmer: 'I Don't Throw Chairs'
News Steve Ballmer wants you to know one thing: He never throws chairs. Microsoft is "at the beginning of 12 months of the greatest innovation pipeline we have ever had," Ballmer said. Ballmer was responding to a comment regarding well-publicised...
[October 20, 2005, 9:10]
Ballmer: We'll Meet Antitrust Guidelines
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Tuesday that the software giant was "dedicated from the top down" to meeting settlement guidelines from a federal antitrust ruling against the company. Ballmer's speech marked the first public remarks...
[November 13, 2002, 7:53]
Ballmer: Tablets Will Displace Laptops
News Although tablet PCs represent just a sliver of the PC market today, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the new category could eventually account for one-third of all computers -- by supplanting the laptop.
[November 18, 2002, 14:04]
Ballmer Details MSN Spending Plans
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday detailed just how much of Microsoft's extra spending will be devoted to bulking up its Internet services business. Ballmer, acknowledging that Microsoft's stock has plunged over the uncertainty...
[May 5, 2006, 9:05]
Ballmer: 'Windows Isn't Going Away'
News Chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday said Microsoft continues to invest in developing and marketing its flagship operating system -- with a big however. Detailing a not-too-distant future, Ballmer reiterated a point he has made in the past...
[June 23, 2000, 8:56]
Ballmer Defends Investment Plans
News Despite Wall Street's negative reaction to Microsoft's plan to invest billions in its emerging businesses, chief executive Steve Ballmer told employees that "now is not the time to scale back. In a memo sent to all employees late Friday, Ballmer...
[May 2, 2006, 10:00]
Ballmer Pledges 'last Breath' To Catching Google Up
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer pledged on Thursday that the company would gain share against Google in online advertising and web search, even if it's his "last breath" at the company. Speaking at Microsoft's MIX08 online technology...
[March 7, 2008, 7:58]
Ballmer Claims Microsoft Is Thinking Green
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing processor-hungry software.
[March 5, 2008, 14:31]
Ballmer Cites 'facts' In Microsoft's Battle Against Linux
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has used the software giant's latest executive email to stoke up Microsoft's fight against the rise of Linux. In it, Ballmer repeated the key themes of Microsoft's Get The Facts campaign.
[October 27, 2004, 17:20]
Ballmer Says Yahoo Bid Makes Sense As Is
News Microsoft still considers its takeover offer for Yahoo, currently valued at about $40.9bn (£20.6bn), to be reasonable despite Yahoo's rejection of the bid, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said.
[March 4, 2008, 7:33]
Ballmer Reveals Mobile TV Smartphone
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off a Windows Mobile smartphone that's designed to display mobile TV at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona on Tuesday. I think with appropriate cleverness on the part of device manufacturers and...
[February 14, 2006, 12:00]
Ballmer Talks EU, Economy And Virtualisation
News In an interview with CNET News.com's Ina Fried, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Server 2008, as well as relations with Brussels.
[February 28, 2008, 14:58]
Future Is Rosy - Ballmer
News That's how Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer responded to the notion that technology no longer has the potential to transform lives and make people more productive. At a meeting with financial analysts, Ballmer said much of the potential gain...
[July 25, 2003, 9:00]
Ballmer: Innovation Key To Microsoft Success
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has hit back at claims that the company's dominance of the desktop PC market is no longer in the best interests of consumers. Speaking at the annual Institute of Directors' conference at the Royal Albert Hall...
[April 27, 2006, 10:50]
