#microsoft

If Alibaba cannot become a Microsoft or Wal-Mart, I will regret it for the rest of my life. ↗

— Jack Ma

#cannot #i #life #microsoft #my life

John D. Rockefeller wanted to dominate oil, but Microsoft wants it all, you name it: cable, media, banking, car dealerships. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#cable #car #dominate #john #media

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell. ↗

— Dennis Ritchie

#go #i #java #just #microsoft

Facebook collects a lot of data from people and admits it. And it also collects data which isn't admitted. And Google does too. As for Microsoft, I don't know. But I do know that Windows has features that send data about the user. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#admitted #also #collects #data #does

There's an entire flight simulator hidden in every copy of Microsoft Excel 97. ↗

— Bruce Schneier

#entire #every #excel #flight #hidden

The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection. ↗

— William M. Daley

#announced #bring #creating #exactly #incentives

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#anyone #break #break up #i #i think

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#caused #gone #last #microsoft #people

I think belief is like having the first Microsoft Windows - it's so rudimentary, in the human brainwork, it's so obviously a sham. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#first #having #human #i #i think

I don't try to be a threat to MicroSoft, mainly because I don't really see MS as competition. Especially not Windows-the goals of Linux and Windows are simply so different. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#competition #different #especially #goals #i