Microsoft Quotes

[But after three days of selling,] I think tomorrow should be a fairly positive open, with the techs a little higher on Microsoft and in response to the action over the last few days... We've had a couple of ugly sessions and you're likely to see a little bounce off of that. - Michael Carty

[Benioff called Microsoft a failure in CRM software, the market where the company competes with Salesforce. Microsoft's product] requires every piece of Microsoft software there is ... I just think those days are over. - Marc Benioff

[Ayala did not have an estimate on how much Microsoft is investing on specific engineering for midsize firms, however.] We have people doing it full-time... I don't have any number to quote. - Orlando Ayala

[And though he stayed out of the courtroom, Gates essentially ran Microsoft's show. The government wanted to settle; Gates decided the charges wouldn't hold water, and] he'd always outfoxed the government before... That was a mistake. - John Heilemann

(Microsoft) is a positive but the proof is in the pudding ? the proof is in the follow-through. We're going to play it day by day but it's a step in the right direction. - Bryan Piskorowski

(AT&T) soured the tone. People are trying to get a sense of how bad things will be (with Microsoft) and they're stepping aside to see if technology is still accelerating on a profitability basis. - John Manley