American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft
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He steered Microsoft through its most profitable years and its deepest irrelevance, then spent a fortune to prove he could own a basketball team better than the last guy.
Born March 24, 1956, Steven Anthony Ballmer dropped out of Stanford's MBA program in 1980 when Bill Gates hired him at Microsoft. He climbed to president in 1998 and took over as CEO on January 13, 2000. Over the next fourteen years he tripled sales and doubled profits while the company lost its grip on the future—missing the smartphone revolution that iPhone and Android owned. He retired February 4, 2014, replaced by Satya Nadella, and left the board that August. He bought the Los Angeles Clippers and co-founded the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment firm. His willingness to pay for su…
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Linux is not in the public domain. Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. That's the way that the license works.
Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Come on! Get up, get up! Come on! Come on, give it up for me! Whoo! Whoo! Come on! Who said 'sit down'? I have four words for you. I. Love. This. Company. Yes!
When we tell the story about what's happening today with browsers ten years from now, I want the thing that replaces Windows to be Windows.
Now how much do you think Microsoft Windows is worth? Don't answer!
I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.
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