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Ballmer: Vista Needs A Bigger Marketing Budget
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer believes the software giant needs to spend more on marketing in order to sell more copies of Vista, and has hinted that a sizeable increase in its marketing budget is on the horizon.
[February 5, 2008, 9:02]
Ballmer: Vista Delays Won't Be Repeated
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer wrapped up a meeting with financial analysts on Thursday by promising that the company would make sure it releases new Windows versions more quickly. Despite the desire to make Windows releases more frequent...
[July 28, 2006, 9:00]
Bill Gates Talks Vista And Linux
News Well, Steve — Steve Sinofsky, you mean, or Steve Ballmer? Steve Ballmer. Well, Steve knows that my instincts, if they're wrong, it's usually not about what's right, it's about timing. Are Ray and Steve on board?
[November 20, 2006, 12:48]
What Vista Needs Is To Be Substantially Better Than XP
Talkback Steve Ballmer is amazing, how could vista possibly need anymore publicity? already any person wishing to buy a new PC can't escape it, its been reviewed by every tech magazine, TV show, Blog etc.what did all these people miss that Steve now wishes...
[February 6, 2008, 8:26]
Bullish
Talkback Certainly a bullish display by Steve Ballmer, a man who's seldomly short of confidence. Interesting though that at the same time Ballmer cautioned the analysts about Vista sales, which will apparently be lower (particularly in the developed world...
[February 20, 2007, 16:27]
Yes Steve, They Want It!
Talkback How do you describe such a statement without calling Steve Ballmer a liar? Steve knows very well it was never Microsoft's intention to offer users a choice, as soon as Vista came out, they hastily removed XP machines from sale; suddenly overnight...
[April 25, 2008, 19:35]
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. Ballmer hastened to add that he liked that kind of end user reaction to Vista.
[October 10, 2007, 21:28]
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. In the wide-ranging chat with Kawasaki, Ballmer...
[March 7, 2008, 7:58]
Microsoft Releases Vista SP1 To Manufacturing
News Microsoft has wrapped up development of two major products, Windows Server 2008 and the Service Pack 1 update to Windows Vista, chief executive Steve Ballmer told financial analysts on Monday. Ballmer highlighted a few big corporate deployments of...
[February 4, 2008, 15:04]
Vista Sales Gaining Momentum
News We have a lot of consumer interest and enthusiasm around it," chief executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview last week. Yes, there's one or two models you can find someplace in the world of PCs that don't run Windows Vista," Ballmer said.
[October 29, 2007, 14:59]
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]
Vista Launch Kicks Off In New York
News The festivities moved indoors for a midday lunch at the trendy Cipriani restaurant, where Microsoft chief exeutive Steve Ballmer toasted the launch along with executives from some of the largest hardware companies.
[January 30, 2007, 7:58]
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. Ballmer cited this mobile TV smartphone as evidence of Microsoft's growing...
[February 14, 2006, 12:00]
PC Makers Find Ways To Extend XP's Life
News As for whether a broader reprieve might yet come for XP, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has left the door open a crack. XP will hit an end-of-life," Ballmer said recently. ZDNet.co.uk has asked Microsoft to clarify Ballmer's statement, but...
[April 28, 2008, 14:04]
Ballmer: Software Is Becoming A Service
News Acknowledging the software industry is undergoing a radical transformation, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday that his company is moving rapidly to create products that can be funded by ads and served up over the Internet.
[July 28, 2006, 10:30]
Microsoft Agrees To Change Vista Desktop Search
News Last week, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer dismissed Google's complaints, saying at the Detroit Economic Club that the rival's objections were "baseless". We continue to comply with the consent decree we signed with the US government in...
[June 20, 2007, 8:37]
Microsoft Moves Beyond The Gates Era
News This means that Ray Ozzie, Steve Ballmer and Craig Mundie will all play a greater role in Microsoft's future -- battling Google, pushing Vista, and coping with lingering antitrust concerns and the spectre of open source.
[June 16, 2006, 16:20]
Vista's Six Versions Finalised
News Microsoft has been planning for some time to offer higher-end versions of its OS with Vista.chief executive Steve Ballmer first noted that an Enterprise version was coming at a financial analysts' meeting last summer.
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
Regulators: Vista Search Is Fair
News Google had recently cried foul over the box, which is set to conduct Web searches from a specified engine, while Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer this week defended Microsoft's approach. The US government has given its thumbs-up to Microsoft...
[May 15, 2006, 8:50]
Developers Are Key To Vista's Ultimate Success
News There's a reason Steve Ballmer runs around screaming about developers. When Windows Vista has its mainstream launch next week, much of the attention will be on what users can expect out of the box. But perhaps more important to its ultimate success...
[January 25, 2007, 9:30]
