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Ballmer: It's Okay to Wait for Windows 7, Which "Will Be Vista, But a Lot Better" [Windows 7]
gizmodo.com - 10/28/2008
Ballmer: It's Okay to Wait for Windows 7, Which "Will Be Vista, But a Lot Better" [Windows 7]
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Say what you want about Steve Ballmer, but whenever he opens his mouth, good stuff comes out. Like that Microsoft is sorta kinda at peace with people skipping Vista for Windows 7: “If people want to wait they really can... but I’d definitely deploy Vista.” He was talking about the enterprise ...
usatoday.com - 10/22/2008
‘No Chance’
— usatoday.com — Steve Ballmer on the iPhone’s prospects, back in April 2007: There’s no chance that the iPhone is... going to get any significant market share. No chance. It’s a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. Well, he ... (more) ‘No Chance’

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techcrunch.com - 10/28/2008
Ballmer Email: Microsoft Is Really Sticking To “Software Plus Services” Message
— techcrunch.com — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an email to customers today (reprinted below) summarizing some of the big... news coming out of the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. He talks about both the Azure cloud services platform (a ... (more) Ballmer Email: Microsoft Is Really Sticking To “Software ...

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microsoft-watch.com - 10/27/2008
Vista - Windows Vista No Longer Matters
— microsoft-watch.com — The vanishing license count. Every quarterly earnings since Vista's release, Microsoft executives counted up the number of... licenses shipped. There was near silence during last week's 2009 fiscal first-quarter earnings announcement. The number was 180 ... (more) Vista - Windows Vista No Longer Matters

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Technologizer:  Windows 7 First Impressions: Hey, This Looks Pretty Good!

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Windows 7 First Impressions: Hey, This Looks Pretty Good!
Technologizer — ... system that didn’t know what it wanted to be. (You know an OS is in trouble when translucent window frames are its signature feature.) But the Windows 7 I’ve been exposed to over the past 48 hours is surprisingly crisp and coherent:–It aims for compatibility. As in, stuff that works with Vista will work with Windows 7, no updates or fixes required. That’s because W7’s technical underpinnings are not a radical departure from Vista’s. (Steve Ballmer’s description of the new OS as “ Vista, but a whole lot better ” may turn out to be an accurate way of encapsulating what this ...

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