Steve Ballmer Quotes on Business & Commerce (19 Quotes)

We're talking about making people in business more productive every day. IBM is talking about doing a project.

The company's MSN Search engine will join the game with the market leader in that business, and remind people that this is the center of computer innovation, ... We're going to be the center of innovation in that search business, also.

IM inter-operability is the right thing for our customers, our businesses and the industry as a whole.

Microsoft's collaboration with Cable Wireless and Compaq will mean great new integrated messaging and collaboration tools, ... By basing a range of new services on the Windows platform, Cable Wireless, Compaq and Microsoft will enable more reliable and more efficient IT services for small and medium-sized businesses.

Everyone likes to differentiate between business and consumers but I don't see the difference really. Most people are people. I get personal and business mail and I have one set of contacts from my life. I don't want to manage two sets. I want one view of my world.

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good.

...obviously one of the keys for us in music and video is to make sure we have an integrated and strong portable device ... shrugs business.

We are still not getting in the manufacturing industry, ... We will provide the infrastructure that lets those in the manufacturing industry do their jobs.

People-Ready is a natural extension of our founding vision of empowering people through software. Today we take this to the next level by showing how these tools now work together in new ways to enhance innovation and drive greater value for business.

A breakup of Microsoft, I think, would be an awful thing for consumers and for the industry. The real issue in a possible breakup would be the harm it does to innovation,

All of our major businesses can have a short-twitch capability every six to nine months to a long-twitch capability. We can't make customers wait three to four years for things they need every few months,

And we learned an important lesson Today's business software doesn't look enough like today's businesses,

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.

Getting the most out of their people is on the mind of every business leader I speak with. (We) are passionate about the idea that the right software can provide the tools to empower workers to become the drivers of business success.

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.

There's a whole set of decisions that might have had to percolate to Bill Gates and I because they crossed the seven ... business groups that are now contained in these three divisions, and I think that ought to lead to crisper, faster actions on certain kinds of decisions we need to make,

We're about to kick-start a new growth engine for the mobile industry. To grow, the wireless industry needs to provide end-to-end solutions and innovative services. We're creating great new tools to do just that.

to create effective organizations, manage a diverse set of products and businesses, and make the tough decisions that will keep Microsoft moving forward on our priorities.

The lifeblood of our business is that RD spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything else. We have to continuously create new innovation that lets people do something they didn't think they could do the day before.