Ray Ozzie Quotes (14 Quotes)

Seamlessness is key to the live strategy, ... There's a significant opportunity for revenue growth through advertising as it pertains to software as a service.

An amazing number of developers use the Microsoft tools. I am very, very passionate about how services can be brought to bear to help those people make money.

I believe at this juncture it's generally very clear to each of us why we need to transform the competitors, the challenges, and the opportunities.

We haven't yet cracked how to integrate what's on the desktop with what's in the various content management systems.

Regardless of past aspirations, this is the right time to be focusing on services for two specific reasons The increasing ubiquity of broadband has made it viable, and the proven economics of the advertising model has made it profitable.

Just as in the past, we must reflect upon what's going on around us, and reflect upon our strengths, weaknesses and industry leadership responsibilities, and respond, ... As much as ever, it's clear that if we fail to do so, our business as we know it is at risk. We must respond quickly and decisively.

While we continue to make good progress on many fronts, a set of very strong and determined competitors is laser-focused on Internet services and service-enabled software,

So now there is a 'second tsunami' coming. I wonder just how hard Microsoft will slam into the bottom this time before they get it figured out, if they get it figured out correctly.

What should we do to bring Office's classic COM-based publish-and-subscribe capabilities to a world where RSS and XML have become the de facto publish-and-subscribe mechanisms ... Connected Office.

Services-enabled software really is going to change the nature of how almost everyone uses technology, from consumers to small businesses to enterprises, ... in different forms and at different paces.

We will design and license Windows and our Internet-based services as separate products, so customers can choose Windows with or without Microsoft's services, ... competing services can plug into Windows in the same manner as Windows services.

In just a few weeks time, several Microsoft product groups ... built prototypes and demos, and found that it works and interoperates quite nicely,

In its simplest form, the clipboard enabled the user to simply grasp the concept of moving a copy of the information from one application to another. Simply stated, I'd like to extend the clipboard user model to the web.

Our dream is to deliver a seamless experience where all the technology in your life and business comes together in a way that 'just works' for you.