We have an incredible opportunity...to revolutionize the Internet user experience. We need to deliver our next generation services platform in order to do that. And we need Bill Gates 100 percent focused on helping architect that. |
We have never really used the stock market itself as a barometer of our success, |
We have no plan in place. We don't expect that to happen. |
We have programs... with SAP to take market share from Oracle as the application and database platform in the largest enterprise. |
We have very strong momentum, particularly in the northern parts of Europe, United States, Australia ... I know for sure, 100 percent, we will do much better in Japan than we did with Xbox 1, |
We know we need to evolve our platform from client and server all the way out to the cloud, |
We made a call that the integration challenge of trying to bring together a new operating system with a new presentation system, file system, user interface, communication system and have all those things be co-dependent was not good. [We took a] time out and decided on a different cycle, |
We need to deliver a breakthrough version of Windows that allows PCs and servers to support these next-generation services and host them out there on the Internet, |
We need to have service offerings associated with each of our products that allow us to feed innovations that are appropriate to the market on, let's just call it a six-, probably more realistically a nine-month cycle, |
We realized we needed to give our core leaders deeper control and accountability in the way they run their businesses, while at the same time ensuring strong communication and collaboration across business units. |
We recognize that some provisions in our existing Windows licenses have been ruled improper by the court, so we are providing computer manufacturers with greater flexibility and we are doing this immediately so that computer manufacturers can take advantage of them in planning for the upcoming release of Windows XP, |
We think there is an aspect to what we do that has to be client, server, and software as a service, |
We want to give people the ability to do what they want, where they want, and when they want on any device connected to the Internet, |
We will make our products work out of the box. |
We would still love that opportunity, |