[It's still unclear] what roles Ray Ozzie going to take vis a vis the role Gates has, ... Every time there are technical announcements, we're still seeing Bill out there first and foremost, front and center. |
[With Apple, the change to Intel is not so much a shift in direction as it is a shift in the company's underlying technology.] The experience isn't going to be radically different for the Apple user after this, ... There will be some adjustment, some tweaks here and there, but it is not going to be a dramatically different experience. |
A lot of what we've seen in Vista has similarities with Tiger. |
Apple is certainly, without doubt, clearly a corporate American Idol. |
At $49 it is certainly priced to move. |
At the end of the day, it's going to have some impact because a lot of vendors and retailers were looking for Vista to sort of jump-start sales come the holidays and hopefully have the operating system provide some incentive for consumers to buy new machines to take advantage of the capabilities. Of course, that's not going to happen. |
Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves. |
Certainly it's a vindication of strategy in terms of pricing models and consumer acceptance. The fact that Apple was able to sell one billion songs clearly demonstrated that it was not a model that you want to mess with lightly. |
Clearly, we're seeing an increase in awareness among vendors that automobiles represent a significant opportunity. |
Consumers don't want to be network managers in their own homes, |
Devices represent a very important piece of the action, but the second part is connectivity, |
Enterprises must understand that TCO (total cost of ownership) reduction is not a justification for a Windows 2000 desktop migration. Because of the high cost of migration, enterprises can actually lose money before they touch the first system. |
Expect that we'll have a lot to say about what it all means as well as the implications over the next few weeks. |
For the average human being, fast hit fast enough a few years ago, |
For the short term they're already on target with a good relationship. Apple's already reaped a lot of benefits. |