Bill Gates Talks Vista And Linux
News Well, Steve — Steve Sinofsky, you mean, or Steve Ballmer? Steve Ballmer. Are Ray and Steve on board? Well, Steve knows that my instincts, if they're wrong, it's usually not about what's right, it's about timing.
[November 20, 2006, 12:48]
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]
Ballmer: It's OK To Skip Vista, Wait For Windows 7
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has said he accepts that some companies are planning to skip Windows Vista. Speaking on Thursday at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo conference in Orlando, Florida, Ballmer defended Vista and noted that "the...
[October 17, 2008, 9:00]
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]
How Microsoft Can Make Windows 7 A Success
News Microsoft may continue to defend Vista, as Steve Ballmer did at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo on 16 October, but make no mistake: the company has already moved past Vista, psychologically and strategically.
[October 28, 2008, 12:03]
Seeking Microsoft's Next Billion Users
News Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers. The company has a number of efforts underway in the area, from the Starter Editions of Windows XP and Vista, to shared computers for classrooms, to research into turning a...
[October 16, 2007, 12:17]
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]
The Hard Lessons Of Vista
News I've been around IBM, and I saw how IBM overdid it," Steve Ballmer said in a 2003 interview with The Seattle Times. The key is to make sure that for every line of business, we have the things that pop every six or nine months, pop every couple of...
[March 23, 2006, 13:10]
Europe Won't Back Down On Vista
News Chris Heaton-Harris met with Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer at the company's campus in Seattle in August, after which he criticised the Commission's decision to fine Microsoft for antitrust violations in 2004.
[October 16, 2006, 17:20]
