I see great opportunity for revenue growth for Microsoft in the mid-market. Mid-market customers might really not want to hear that. |
I think he is right. We don't agree on much, but I think on that we would agree. |
I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up this company [Microsoft]. |
I think Office 12 will be the most exciting Office release we've had since Office 4, |
I think that ought to lead to crisper, faster actions on certain kinds of decisions we need to make, |
I think this is a very meaningful way for us to concludes this litigation and to be able to really focus in on developing and delivering the innovative products and services that will benefit not only these students and these educators, but the population broadly and around the world, |
I was all excited. I went and shook hands with Tommy, and the first thing he pointed out to me was I didn't have my collar buttoned down properly. |
I'm looking forward to the World Congress. It's a unique opportunity to share ideas with leaders from all over the globe and hear their perspectives on how the IT industry can change and improve. |
I've been around IBM, and I saw how IBM overdid it. Maybe we will, maybe we won't--but we have strategy control, we have technology control, we've got financial control. |
I've never thrown a chair in my life. |
IBM is increasingly a services company ... and we are, at the end of the day, a software company. |
IBM says we have a team of consultants and we can help you innovate. But at the end of the day, unlocking people potential is better. Having people collaborate to make the right decision is more productive. |
If we don't innovate, we don't have new versions. Nobody needs to upgrade. Nobody needs to buy. We have to have a variety of ways to innovate?We're at the beginning of 12 months of the greatest innovation pipeline that our company has ever had. |
If you can find a classic enterprise piece of software that sells for a few hundred dollars, then its maintenance, too, might have to be a little higher than the percent people think of as typical, ... I don't seriously propose it, but the way to get the percentage down would have been to raise the price of the original license, which I don't think anybody would have liked either. I think the Software Assurance price is a fair price. |
If you look at our track record over time, investors who have been with us long term are very happy with the kind of returns that they have received, ... I'd encourage investors to again take that long term outlook. |