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SCOTT APPLEBY It's clearly negative for Microsoft and the PC market as a whole. It will hurt sales and adds uncert...
DOUGLAS WRIGHT It's probably not a good idea to pull equity out of your home if you plan on selling in less than th...
DELORES CONWAY We believe we are positioned as the leading alternative to Microsoft Office. They own 90 percent of ...
JASON LAROCK There's been some question about whether or not the mobile TV market would be big or not. But the in...
IAIN GILLOTT Microsoft has no beef with open source, ... We happen to like and will continue to pursue commercial...
CRAIG MUNDIE![]()
Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used ...
ROBERT SCOBLE There are very significant concerns from the enterprise market as to the credibility of Microsoft in...
DAVID BALTAXE Clearly costs have moved up. The nickel spot price now has recovered. If you look forward, they're g...
LAWRENCE SMITH This shows that Microsoft is serious about getting into telephony. This will lead to a big expansion...
TED JACKSON This shows that Microsoft is serious about getting into telephony, ... This will lead to a big expan...
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JOSEPH NADOL The corporate PC market is increasingly mature, and Microsoft has a dominant share of that market, s...
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We have competed against [Microsoft] in the CRM market since 2002 and they have failed to deliver a ...
MARC BENIOFF Builders are talking big. They all said they will build more houses in early 2006 than in early 2005...
JACK INSELMANN By partnering with Microsoft, we've been able to design, test and deliver a new in-car infotainment ...
GIUSEPPE BONOLLO [Fuqua thinks Microsoft could do something really bold with its cash. He doubts a Disney bid would h...
KNOX FUQUA I think many of the other tech stocks have begun to [benefit]. Fundamentally, since the market is mo...
JIM WAGGONER Microsoft has not done a good job of understanding the nuances of China. China is a very political m...
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A lot of people think, and Microsoft is happy to let them think, that all great things are invented ...
ALAN COOPER China Telecom reflects market sentiment, ... A lot of foreign brokerages have issued pessimistic out...
HERBERT LAU There are some real competitive issues going on, and (Microsoft) needs to respond, not just with pro...
MICHAEL GARTENBERG Right now, Microsoft is very interested in gaining market share. In order to do that, they need to t...
CHRIS CROTTY Microsoft totally wants to own this market, this is a huge market.
JAMES PREISSLER Microsoft is a monopoly -- that's pure and simple in my view. There's no question that Microsoft is ...
SCOTT MCNEALY Microsoft is late to the CRM market with 3.0, and faces significant challenges with their antiquated...
GREG GIANFORTE [But even as stocks retreated across the market, participants suggested that the recent record runs ...
JACK BAKER I think that the IBM numbers in particular are going to be important. The chatter that I hear is tha...
BRETT GALLAGHER For example, take the extreme example that Microsoft will be broken up into three companies. That wo...
ROBERT LANDE Premiere is solidly ... positioned for the future competition in the TV market.
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BILL GATES Our customers operate predominantly within the Microsoft environment and it is critical to them and ...
GREG ALLEN I thought Microsoft would pay just about anything to get this, AOL was the single best way to gain m...
DAVID B. YOFFIE The goalposts have not moved... We are not making new and changing demands. We simply request that M...
JONATHAN TODD We think there is nothing in the record that shows Microsoft has overcharged consumers. It's the exa...
JIM CULLINAN There is no short term supply pressure in the market.
ANTOINE HALFF We have a lot of organizations, even in emerging markets, that are looking for innovation, looking f...
KYLE MCNABB Companies like Microsoft over the next several years are going to remain dominant and prosper. Intel...
EUGENE GLAZER The oil price will not help shares. After such a strong performance yesterday, the market will be un...
IAN MURRELL Microsoft led a string of disappointing releases that tarnish what had so far been a very good earni...
FRANCISCO SALVADOR There could be some upward pressure on the interest rate given the current liquidity conditions in t...
AK PURWAR We look at Microsoft and Sony, and they are very much about processing power and very heavy on the t...
BETH LLEWELYN It's typical when a market gets a certain critical mass, that Microsoft comes in and tries to squeez...
SUSAN KALLA There's really nothing major out there to worry about. There's a lot of supply, a lot of corporate b...
MARIO DEROSE If you take a long-term view of the market, you sit there quietly and you believe that over time, (s...
BOB SCHMIDT One of the things that has crept into the Microsoft discussion is usually Total Cost of Ownership. M...
DANA GARDNER There is some short-term concern in the market that the auction could be delayed.
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BURT RUTAN We [Microsoft] don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.
STEVE BALLMER I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Micros...
TIM O'REILLY The less work you set aside for later, the less things you will need to worry about.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We feel really strongly that the best operated supermarkets are regional operations that operate und...
JEFF NODDLE In a slower market, we see them show the flag and just have a presence. In a market like this, anyth...
BETH BUSCH We were hopeful there wouldn't be a format war. With Microsoft and Intel announcing support and with...
MAUREEN WEBER I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be compet...
ANNA ESHOO Smaller companies have lower costs and less complexity, and traditional identity-management systems ...
SOMESH SINGH The market keeps growing, and there will be winners and losers. The fact that there are 355 retailer...
BARNEY WRAGG If Microsoft had won this contract the battle for the mobile media player market would have been clo...
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STUART ROSE MSFT could feel modest selling pressure in near-term following 'shock value' of DOJ's proposal that ...
CHRIS SHILAKES Software as a service is something Microsoft wanted to pretend wasn't ever going to happen. The prob...
BRUCE RICHARDSON It is unlikely that the physical market will suddenly assume a lead role. This means that price rise...
MACQUARIE RESEARCH I would suggest that both Nintendo and Microsoft are going to be very formidable opponents. In the c...
DAVID LEIBOWITZ [With Windows Live, Microsoft] is asking people to entrust a lot of their lives in the hands of Micr...
CHARLENE LI The biggest hurdle is those that have relevant information may be afraid to come forward, ... PC mak...
KEVIN ARQUIT That's all great for shareholder morale but long-term, it's not a benefit to Microsoft. With the amo...
KNOX FUQUA NCR and Microsoft are long-term retail industry partners, ... This certification allows us to more f...
GREG EGAN Clearly there have been some very strong performances in the computer technology stocks. This is an ...
CLINTON MORRISON They certainly don't have a very secure environment. There are so many holes in the Microsoft enviro...
ANNE THOMAS Accounting software is the first strategic business application that many small firms purchase, maki...
LAURIE MCCABE We think there continues to be some pretty strong price opportunities in the market.
FRED GREEN We are seeing some serious imbalances in the market. When you have price increases with inventory in...
KATHY DECK I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be co...
ANNA ESHOO The perception among a lot of customers is that nobody understands Microsoft products like Microsoft...
DWIGHT DAVIS The speculative activity in short-term calls might reflect the recent talk about an alliance with Mi...
FREDERIC RUFFY Since the launch of the original Xbox in 2002, there was one thing that we have consistently said: M...
TAKASHI SENSUI The immediate returns aren't there but in the long term this is positive. There are two ways for sha...
ANDREAS SCHNELLER Microsoft has been relatively less able over time, to persuade their installed base to make the swit...
CHRIS LE TOCQ If AOL plans to continue to use the Microsoft browser after the acquisition because that's the only ...
DAVID BOIES The phone companies are in the awkward position of initiating a service in an already mature market ...
CRAIG MOFFETT The phone companies are in the awkward position of initiating a service in an already mature market ...
CRAIG MOFFETT The impact on Apple is not clear yet. But the French are late; Microsoft and Apple are already domin...
ANDREW NEFF Because of Microsoft's size, this will clearly have an effect on the industry. But it's also just an...
CLEMENS JOOS If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w...
CARTER WOODSON I don't think that you will find that you can get cement at the spot prices that you could before. H...
ANTHONY HAYNES There's some conflict there -- on the one hand, you have Atlas for doing cross-platform Windows appl...
PAUL COLTON![]()
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.
LARRY ELLISON There is rapid innovation. It is absolutely a market that is dynamic. It is driving companies, inclu...
LARRY COHEN We certainly better meet expectations, if not exceed. If Microsoft reports soft numbers, it will put...
WARREN SIMPSON Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE We will see volatility in the technology sector as always, but longer term we think the U.S. equity ...
ALAN HOFFMAN![]()
As a leader in the computing industry, Microsoft has a responsibility to help its customers address ...
BILL GATES I think the bond market has a problem. In one respect, you have flight to quality, in another, the j...
LEO MELAMED The longer the oil prices stay at this level, the more of a weight it puts on the market. That said,...
JOE LIRO
TAKASHI SENSUI You have the skeptics saying, 'OK, they're taking on Adobe and Macromedia,' which are pretty known i...
LAURA DIDIO If Microsoft were to provide excellent installation, setup, and support for Linux, Microsoft would p...
BRIAN LIVINGSTON The news from Microsoft is a significant negative, but clearly the market isn't buckling with that a...
BOB SITKO Microsoft's exit from this market should lead to more rational pricing and likely improved profitabi...
SCOTT APPLEBY It's clearly negative for Microsoft and the PC market as a whole. It will hurt sales and adds uncert...
DOUGLAS WRIGHT It's probably not a good idea to pull equity out of your home if you plan on selling in less than th...
DELORES CONWAY We believe we are positioned as the leading alternative to Microsoft Office. They own 90 percent of ...
JASON LAROCK There's been some question about whether or not the mobile TV market would be big or not. But the in...
IAIN GILLOTT Microsoft has no beef with open source, ... We happen to like and will continue to pursue commercial...
CRAIG MUNDIE
Apple knows a lot of data. Facebook knows a lot of data. Amazon knows a lot of data. Microsoft used ... ROBERT SCOBLE There are very significant concerns from the enterprise market as to the credibility of Microsoft in...
DAVID BALTAXE Clearly costs have moved up. The nickel spot price now has recovered. If you look forward, they're g...
LAWRENCE SMITH This shows that Microsoft is serious about getting into telephony. This will lead to a big expansion...
TED JACKSON This shows that Microsoft is serious about getting into telephony, ... This will lead to a big expan...
TED JACKSON Over the longer term, the commercial contracts are going to be more lucrative and larger, but over t...
JOSEPH NADOL The corporate PC market is increasingly mature, and Microsoft has a dominant share of that market, s...
DREW BROSSEAU
We have competed against [Microsoft] in the CRM market since 2002 and they have failed to deliver a ... MARC BENIOFF Builders are talking big. They all said they will build more houses in early 2006 than in early 2005...
JACK INSELMANN By partnering with Microsoft, we've been able to design, test and deliver a new in-car infotainment ...
GIUSEPPE BONOLLO [Fuqua thinks Microsoft could do something really bold with its cash. He doubts a Disney bid would h...
KNOX FUQUA I think many of the other tech stocks have begun to [benefit]. Fundamentally, since the market is mo...
JIM WAGGONER Microsoft has not done a good job of understanding the nuances of China. China is a very political m...
JOE SWEENEY
A lot of people think, and Microsoft is happy to let them think, that all great things are invented ... ALAN COOPER China Telecom reflects market sentiment, ... A lot of foreign brokerages have issued pessimistic out...
HERBERT LAU There are some real competitive issues going on, and (Microsoft) needs to respond, not just with pro...
MICHAEL GARTENBERG Right now, Microsoft is very interested in gaining market share. In order to do that, they need to t...
CHRIS CROTTY Microsoft totally wants to own this market, this is a huge market.
JAMES PREISSLER Microsoft is a monopoly -- that's pure and simple in my view. There's no question that Microsoft is ...
SCOTT MCNEALY Microsoft is late to the CRM market with 3.0, and faces significant challenges with their antiquated...
GREG GIANFORTE [But even as stocks retreated across the market, participants suggested that the recent record runs ...
JACK BAKER I think that the IBM numbers in particular are going to be important. The chatter that I hear is tha...
BRETT GALLAGHER For example, take the extreme example that Microsoft will be broken up into three companies. That wo...
ROBERT LANDE Premiere is solidly ... positioned for the future competition in the TV market.
GEORG KOFLER
With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type... BILL GATES Our customers operate predominantly within the Microsoft environment and it is critical to them and ...
GREG ALLEN I thought Microsoft would pay just about anything to get this, AOL was the single best way to gain m...
DAVID B. YOFFIE The goalposts have not moved... We are not making new and changing demands. We simply request that M...
JONATHAN TODD We think there is nothing in the record that shows Microsoft has overcharged consumers. It's the exa...
JIM CULLINAN There is no short term supply pressure in the market.
ANTOINE HALFF We have a lot of organizations, even in emerging markets, that are looking for innovation, looking f...
KYLE MCNABB Companies like Microsoft over the next several years are going to remain dominant and prosper. Intel...
EUGENE GLAZER The oil price will not help shares. After such a strong performance yesterday, the market will be un...
IAN MURRELL Microsoft led a string of disappointing releases that tarnish what had so far been a very good earni...
FRANCISCO SALVADOR There could be some upward pressure on the interest rate given the current liquidity conditions in t...
AK PURWAR We look at Microsoft and Sony, and they are very much about processing power and very heavy on the t...
BETH LLEWELYN It's typical when a market gets a certain critical mass, that Microsoft comes in and tries to squeez...
SUSAN KALLA There's really nothing major out there to worry about. There's a lot of supply, a lot of corporate b...
MARIO DEROSE If you take a long-term view of the market, you sit there quietly and you believe that over time, (s...
BOB SCHMIDT One of the things that has crept into the Microsoft discussion is usually Total Cost of Ownership. M...
DANA GARDNER There is some short-term concern in the market that the auction could be delayed.
CELSO SENISE Retail sales are expected to be down, but worry about Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index ...
CHRIS LOW made representations to us recently they are planning to modify that license, and we believe, if the...
ERIC KRISS
A NASA-funded study estimates that if the price of a ticket to space approached $100,000, close to a... BURT RUTAN We [Microsoft] don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.
STEVE BALLMER I think Microsoft will have to change. I think that the business of Microsoft, the company of Micros...
TIM O'REILLY The less work you set aside for later, the less things you will need to worry about.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA We feel really strongly that the best operated supermarkets are regional operations that operate und...
JEFF NODDLE In a slower market, we see them show the flag and just have a presence. In a market like this, anyth...
BETH BUSCH We were hopeful there wouldn't be a format war. With Microsoft and Intel announcing support and with...
MAUREEN WEBER I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be compet...
ANNA ESHOO Smaller companies have lower costs and less complexity, and traditional identity-management systems ...
SOMESH SINGH The market keeps growing, and there will be winners and losers. The fact that there are 355 retailer...
BARNEY WRAGG If Microsoft had won this contract the battle for the mobile media player market would have been clo...
ROGER ENTNER
Clearly it would be quite nice to get to 400 pence (but) that will only be a journey. The market wil... STUART ROSE MSFT could feel modest selling pressure in near-term following 'shock value' of DOJ's proposal that ...
CHRIS SHILAKES Software as a service is something Microsoft wanted to pretend wasn't ever going to happen. The prob...
BRUCE RICHARDSON It is unlikely that the physical market will suddenly assume a lead role. This means that price rise...
MACQUARIE RESEARCH I would suggest that both Nintendo and Microsoft are going to be very formidable opponents. In the c...
DAVID LEIBOWITZ [With Windows Live, Microsoft] is asking people to entrust a lot of their lives in the hands of Micr...
CHARLENE LI The biggest hurdle is those that have relevant information may be afraid to come forward, ... PC mak...
KEVIN ARQUIT That's all great for shareholder morale but long-term, it's not a benefit to Microsoft. With the amo...
KNOX FUQUA NCR and Microsoft are long-term retail industry partners, ... This certification allows us to more f...
GREG EGAN Clearly there have been some very strong performances in the computer technology stocks. This is an ...
CLINTON MORRISON They certainly don't have a very secure environment. There are so many holes in the Microsoft enviro...
ANNE THOMAS Accounting software is the first strategic business application that many small firms purchase, maki...
LAURIE MCCABE We think there continues to be some pretty strong price opportunities in the market.
FRED GREEN We are seeing some serious imbalances in the market. When you have price increases with inventory in...
KATHY DECK I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be co...
ANNA ESHOO The perception among a lot of customers is that nobody understands Microsoft products like Microsoft...
DWIGHT DAVIS The speculative activity in short-term calls might reflect the recent talk about an alliance with Mi...
FREDERIC RUFFY Since the launch of the original Xbox in 2002, there was one thing that we have consistently said: M...
TAKASHI SENSUI The immediate returns aren't there but in the long term this is positive. There are two ways for sha...
ANDREAS SCHNELLER Microsoft has been relatively less able over time, to persuade their installed base to make the swit...
CHRIS LE TOCQ If AOL plans to continue to use the Microsoft browser after the acquisition because that's the only ...
DAVID BOIES The phone companies are in the awkward position of initiating a service in an already mature market ...
CRAIG MOFFETT The phone companies are in the awkward position of initiating a service in an already mature market ...
CRAIG MOFFETT The impact on Apple is not clear yet. But the French are late; Microsoft and Apple are already domin...
ANDREW NEFF Because of Microsoft's size, this will clearly have an effect on the industry. But it's also just an...
CLEMENS JOOS If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions. If you can determine w...
CARTER WOODSON I don't think that you will find that you can get cement at the spot prices that you could before. H...
ANTHONY HAYNES There's some conflict there -- on the one hand, you have Atlas for doing cross-platform Windows appl...
PAUL COLTON
It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead. LARRY ELLISON There is rapid innovation. It is absolutely a market that is dynamic. It is driving companies, inclu...
LARRY COHEN We certainly better meet expectations, if not exceed. If Microsoft reports soft numbers, it will put...
WARREN SIMPSON Long-term U.S. interest rates have risen as the market has started to price in the likelihood that t...
MASAMICHI KOIKE We will see volatility in the technology sector as always, but longer term we think the U.S. equity ...
ALAN HOFFMAN
As a leader in the computing industry, Microsoft has a responsibility to help its customers address ... BILL GATES I think the bond market has a problem. In one respect, you have flight to quality, in another, the j...
LEO MELAMED The longer the oil prices stay at this level, the more of a weight it puts on the market. That said,...
JOE LIRO
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