Steven Anthony Ballmer, né le 24 mars 1956 à Détroit aux États-Unis, est un chef d'entreprise américain. Il fait la connaissance de Bill Gates à l'Université Harvard et entre chez Microsoft en 1980. Ballmer est CEO de l'entreprise de 2000 à 2014, date à laquelle il cède son poste à Satya Nadella. Depuis le 12 août 2014, il est officiellement le nouveau propriétaire des Clippers, une franchise de basket-ball de la NBA basée à Los Angeles. Wikipedia
“Linux est un cancer qui s’accapare tout ce qu’il touche au sens de la propriété intellectuelle.”
Steve Ballmer said that "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches. <br class="br">en <br class="br"> Chicago Sun-Times http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/ : si le GNU est un virus, alors le copyright est un gène Terminator. <br class="br">Citation
“Il n’y a jamais de moment parfait pour ce type de transition, mais le moment est venu.”
Commentaire à la suite de l’annonce de son départ de Microsoft.
Citation
Yahoo Finance: "Ex-Microsoft CEO Ballmer: How Silicon Valley should handle some of its most vexing questions" https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ex-microsoft-ceo-ballmer-silicon-valley-handle-vexing-questions-182046774.html (22 June 2018) <br class="br">2010s
Steve Ballmer says Microsoft plans to compete with Apple in every market http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/10/steve_ballmer_says_microsoft_plans_to_compete_with_apple_in_every_market in AppleInsider (10 July 2012) <br class="br">2010s
“Most people still steal music.”
[Andy, and Michael Parsons, McCue, http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9593_22-5397733.html, Ballmer talks tech, Application Development, ZDNet News, 5 October 2004, 2007-04-20]
2000s
And I said "Right," and I never came back. <br class="br">CNBC: "How Steve Ballmer went from making $50,000 a year as an assistant at Microsoft to becoming a billionaire" https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/billionaire-steve-ballmer-started-out-making-only-50000-at-microsoft.html (27 July 2018) <br class="br">2010s
Interview by CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-vp-steve-ballmer-speaks/ (May 1996) <br class="br">1990s
“Google’s not a real company. It's a house of cards.”
2005 court records as quoted by Kurt Eichenwald in Microsoft's Lost Decade http://vanityfair.com/news/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer Vanity Fair (August 2012) <br class="br">Attributed
Ballmer sees Mac as a main competitor, iPhone as just buzz http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/24/ballmer_sees_mac_as_a_main_competitor_iphone_as_just_buzz.html in AppleInsider (24 February 2009) <br class="br">2000s
Worth Watching: Steve Ballmer in the heart of Silicon Valley http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=308&tag=rbxccnbzd1 in ZDNet (26 September 2008) <br class="br">2000s
Business Insider: "Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has advice for Facebook and Google: Don't make the mistake we did" http://www.businessinsider.com/ex-microsoft-ceo-steve-baller-tech-industry-work-with-regulators-2018-6?r=UK&IR=T (23 June 2018) <br class="br">2010s
“I don't think anyone has done a [tablet] product that I see customers wanting.”
Here's Why Surface Beats Apple's iPad: Ballmer, 25 October 2012, 2014-02-28, CNBC's Squawk Box http://cnbc.com/id/49551054, <br class="br">2010s
“We've had DRM in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is "stolen."”
[John, Lettice, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/07/ballmer_doesnt_get_it/, Love DRM or my family starves: why Steve Ballmer doesn't Get It, Software, The Register, 7 October 2004, 2007-04-20]
2000s
[17 January 2000, https://web.archive.org/web/20021220014429/http://www.microsoft.com/freedomtoinnovate/newsletter/finnews_011700.asp, "DOJ Case: Your Voice Counts!", Freedom to Innovate Network, Microsoft, 2018-01-03]
2000s
" Microsoft CEO takes launch break with the Sun-Times https://web.archive.org/web/20011108013601/http://www.suntimes.com/output/tech/cst-fin-micro01.html" (1 June 2001) Chicago Sun Times <br class="br">2000s
“We are in the Windows era — we were, we are, and we always will be.”
Ballmer: We Will ALWAYS Be In The Windows Era http://businessinsider.com/ballmer-shareholders-meeting-2011-11 in Business Insider (15 November 2011) <br class="br">2010s
Ballmer's New Mission for Microsoft, 29 October 2012, 2014-02-28, The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204789304578087112202063912, <br class="br">2010s
Ballmer says Google's hiring pace is 'insane', Bloomberg News, 16 March 2007, 2007-04-20 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/307730_msftgoogle16.html, <br class="br">2000s
Ballmer: "The Internet Was Designed For The PC. The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone" http://businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-ballmer-the-internet-was-designed-for-the-pc-the-internet-is-not-designed-for-the-iphone-2009-10 in Business Insider (21 October 2009) <br class="br">2000s
“I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod.”
[Telis, Demos, http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/03/8373041/index.htm, The sleeping giant goes on the offensive, Fortune, CNNMoney.com, 29 March 2006, 2007-04-20]
2000s
TechCrunch Interview With Steve Ballmer http://youtube.com/watch?v=1OpRQMRa270 in YouTube (24 September 2009) <br class="br">2000s
25th Anniversary Event of Microsoft at Seattle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc (5 September 2000). <br class="br">2000s
Live from Microsoft's CES 2011 keynote http://engadget.com/2011/01/05/live-from-microsofts-ces-2011-keynote in Engadget (5 January 2011) <br class="br">2010s
“There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.”
CEO Forum: Microsoft's Ballmer having a 'great time', 2007-04-30, USA TODAY http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2007-04-29-ballmer-ceo-forum-usat_N.htm, <br class="br">2000s
Steve Ballmer - Developers, 2017-04-02, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhh_GeBPOhs, <br class="br">2000s
