Quotes about ability
ability desktop directly guaranteed leverage longer mean microsoft negotiate placement selling services terms
Microsoft would no longer have guaranteed placement on users' desktops. That would mean its ability to leverage the desktop in terms of selling other services would be severely reduced, or it would have to negotiate directly to get that leverage.
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Microsoft's vulnerability to the PC market reaffirms our belief that Microsoft's continued success depends on its ability to transition itself from a desktop software company to an enterprise solution vendor.
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Microsoft is the perfect canary because they are 100 percent vulnerable to IP (intellectual property) theft, and IP theft has turned out to be the key question in China's ability to go forward. Mark Anderson
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Microsoft is still not coming to grips with what its own people were saying -- about their ability to set prices, their position in the browser market, and whether the browser was a separate product -- when these things were occurring,
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Mike has brought to the U.S. operations exactly what was needed during the last couple of years. Mike has the ability and the management confidence to delegate responsibility to the best people in his organization, and develop and promote them. This new assignment will give us the opportunity to apply those skills to our overseas operations.
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Miguel Baez has improved enormously from last year. He can be devastating. Ayers has running ability that goes beyond description.
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Michelle is an excellent 3-point shooter, as she demonstrated this past season at Western Nebraska where she shot 39.7 percent from behind the arc. Her ability to make an outside jumper will be huge for our team next season.
ability defender dominate girls good michele
Michele has the ability to dominate in the paint. She's a very good defender and one of those girls that doesn't make very many mistakes.
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Mexico today requires proven ability, an experienced government, a competent team.
ability notch second turned
We jumped out on a 16-0 run, but I thought it was our ability to defend, too. We turned it up a notch defensively in the second half.
ability guys
We just couldn't get it done. We got guys on base. We had the ability. We had the guys in the lineup we wanted. We just couldn't do it.
ability junk
You can give them the ability to get more junk in there, for better or worse; they like it. Adam Cole
ability counting critical perform team
You just have to go in there and just play. When you go in, your team is counting on you, especially in a critical situation. You have to go in there and perform to your ability not to let the team down.
ability paul picked
Will Paul has really (made) strides. He's got the ability to play there and has picked things up very quick. Lloyd Carr
ability bump laugh people rates yes
Will it bump some people out of the ability buy? Yes it will. But I have to laugh when I think of the 1970s and '80s when we had rates in the double-digits. Karen Peterson
ability football player runs shows team willie
Willie has the one thing that we never had -- speed. For a team that runs the football like we would like to run the football, to be able to have a big-play player back there is a bonus. He shows that ability to do that. Bill Cowher
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Wireless Philadelphia represents an important milestone in the deployment of wireless broadband in the United States on such a wide scale. It provides a competitive alternative to high-speed Internet offerings and gives many Internet users the ability to stay connected, no matter where they are in the city.
ability address aim changes changing customers direct financial focus functions head high improve office ratio serve staff
The aim of these changes is to improve our focus on customers and our ability to serve their changing financial needs. It will also address the high ratio of staff in head office functions to those in direct customer contact,
ability agreed change seemed students unable
The 'above-the-line' allocations were not fees that the students had the ability to change because they were agreed upon long ago. I think the frustration for students was they wanted to change the fee, but they were unable to do so. This seemed to make more sense for everyone.
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The ability to utilize those marketing programs is going to be enormous for Bank of America. You'll see a significant increase in the bank's credit-card activity now that they have MBNA.
ability across flow left traffic turn
The ability to turn left across the flow of traffic is the bane of all traffic problems.
ability across drive platforms services tie
The ability to tie services across the two platforms is what's going to drive this.
ability treasured
The ability to think is your most treasured asset.
ability basketball bounce defend guy incredibly somebody tough
The ability to take somebody off the bounce is incredibly important. It's really tough to defend a guy who can go by you. Jim Calhoun
ability account honest individual
The ability to take a look at an individual and give an accurate, honest account of what you see.
ability free plays quite shows step throws youth
The ability to step up and make free throws shows you a lot about our team. We're a little young ourselves, but we're making plays with the youth that we have, which is quite encouraging. John Brady
ability buying dependent dollars expression maybe million people radio records spend
The ability to spend a million dollars on a video, maybe a million on radio promotion-- that's all dependent on people buying a $17 expression of the product. If people spend 1/17 of that, then all of these shoulda-been multi-platinum records are underwater. And that's what's happening.
ability china cost foreign increase markets order policy send surely veto
The ability to send a 'sell' order that roils markets may not give China a veto over U.S. foreign policy, but it surely does increase the cost of any U.S. policy that China opposes. Nouriel Roubini
ability charge choose companies content media search since video
The ability to search video content could be an interesting application for media companies since they own the content. If they also own the search window, they can choose how to charge for it.
ability route run
The ability to run route after route after route, he can't do that. Andy Reid
ability bar challenges computers far home images raised reproduce work
The ability to reproduce photographic images at work or at home on computers has really raised the bar as far as our challenges. Thomas Ferguson
ability information longer withhold
The ability to really withhold information no longer exists. Bill Gates
ability defense fisherman fly nfl stream trout valuable
The ability to read a trout stream is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL quarterback. Jimmy Moore