- Tue Feb 15 2000 Microsoft's Ballmer courts developers at conference
In his first major public appearance since taking over at Microsoft, the new chief executive courts the community of software developers crucial to the success of the company's new OS.
- Fri Apr 25 2003 Ballmer: No sleep lost over Linux
Microsoft's CEO talks about the software maker's bid to gain a stronger foothold in corporate data centers, and he discounts the threat presented by the Penguinistas.
- Sun Feb 10 2002 Gates, Ballmer may testify at hearing
Microsoft discloses plans to bring its chairman and CEO to testify at a remedy hearing and accuses AOL Time Warner and Oracle of helping to draft a harsh remedy proposal.
- Mon Nov 13 2000 Ballmer to Ellison: Your vision won't work
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison will lay out his vision for the future of computing Monday night at Comdex, and according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, it won't work.
- Tue Oct 23 2007 Ballmer: Phones are like remote control for life
In a keynote at CTIA, the Microsoft chairman concedes the power of the mobile phone, noting that while the PC packs more punch, the phone is the computer people actually have with them at all times.
- Wed Aug 29 2007 Forget Mark Cuban. I want the 'Monkey Boy'
ABC chose the wrong tech billionaire to participate in its upcoming reality show. If the network really wanted sizzle, Steve Ballmer is the hands-down choice.
- Mon Nov 18 2002 Ballmer: Tablets will displace laptops
Although tablet PCs represent just a sliver of the PC market today, Microsoft's CEO says they could eventually account for one-third of all computers--by supplanting the laptop.
- Tue Oct 10 2006 Ballmer on PC's role in Web services world
Microsoft CEO argues that "software plus services" idea takes advantage of local processing on PCs.
- Wed Oct 19 2005 At Gartner gathering, Ballmer and Hurd look ahead
Microsoft's CEO touts "the greatest innovation pipeline we've ever had," while HP's Hurd plans to stick to the basics.
- Fri Oct 17 2008 I agree with Ballmer: Let's wait for Windows 7
Don Reisinger agrees with Ballmer: let's wait for Windows 7 instead of buying Windows Vista.




