Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer
Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer is an American businessman who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from January 2000 to February 2014, and is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. As of May 11, 2015, his personal wealth is estimated at US$22.7 billion, ranking number 21 on the Forbes 400. It was announced on August 23, 2013, that he would step down as Microsoft's CEO within 12 months. On February 4, 2014, Ballmer retired as CEO and was succeeded by...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 March 1956
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
But IT pros should ask one thing and one thing only: 'Am I getting the best products and services that allow me to run my business at maximum efficacy.' The answer for the lion's share of the time will be in favor of Microsoft products and solutions, and we feel you shouldn't have to think about Linux if you do not want to,
because we've heard what people had to say.
I know no better place to base the company than here, ... the center of mobility.
I know for sure, 100 percent, we will do much, much better in Japan than we did with Xbox I, but that wouldn't be too hard.
In the short term, I would be surprised if consumers saw any kind of immediate change.
In this era of the web and web services, and new technologies, there's many more opportunities to integrate and connect with systems from our partners, our competitors, and many, many others.
This is a very large business that still has incredible possibilities.
The thing I put in my pocket has got to do more for me. It's got to let me access more information than just my appointments and contacts.
If you can find a classic enterprise piece of software that sells for a few hundred dollars, then its maintenance, too, might have to be a little higher than the percent people think of as typical, ... I don't seriously propose it, but the way to get the percentage down would have been to raise the price of the original license, which I don't think anybody would have liked either. I think the Software Assurance price is a fair price.
If you look at the dollars, everything about our prices are quite different than classic enterprise software.
If you look at our track record over time, investors who have been with us long term are very happy with the kind of returns that they have received, ... I'd encourage investors to again take that long term outlook.
In this world, it should be very easy for me, the end user, to have a program that runs on my PC that tells my bank and my insurance company and my broker to all put their financial information about me in my virtual safety deposit box on the Web, and let me view my information under my control.
In this world, it should be easy for me to tell my travel agent Web site to make sure to update my calendar with my trip and to page my mother if my flight is going to be more than an hour late.
How are we going to go after the search market? The good old fashioned way, with innovation,