Microsoft Quotes
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If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth—and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.
![I wish [Bill Gates] the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger. - Steve Jobs quote.](/img/q/06/15506A-i-wish-bill-gates-the-best-i-really-do-i-steve-jobs.png)
I wish [Bill Gates] the best, I really do. I just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And what that means is, I don't mean that in a small way; I mean that in big way. In the sense that they don't think of original ideas and they don't bring much culture into their product, and you say why is that important? Well, you know proportionally spaced fonts come from typesetting and beautiful books. That's where one gets the idea. If it weren't for the Mac, they would never have that in their products, and so I guess I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success— have no problem with their success; they've earned their success for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.
![They [Microsoft] were able to copy the Mac because the Mac was frozen in time. The Mac didn't change much for the last 10 years. It changed maybe 10 percent. It was a sitting duck. It's amazing that it took Microsoft 10 years to copy something that was a sitting duck. Apple, unfortunately, doesn't deserve too much sympathy. They invested hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into R&D, but very little came out. They produced almost no new innovation since the original Mac itself. So now, the original genes of the Macintosh have populated the earth. Ninety percent in the form of Windows, but nevertheless, there are tens of millions of computers that work like that. And that's great. The question is, what's next? And what's going to keep driving this PC revolution? - Steve Jobs quote.](/img/q/98/15598A-they-microsoft-were-able-to-copy-mac-because-mac-was-steve-jobs.png)
They [Microsoft] were able to copy the Mac because the Mac was frozen in time. The Mac didn't change much for the last 10 years. It changed maybe 10 percent. It was a sitting duck. It's amazing that it took Microsoft 10 years to copy something that was a sitting duck. Apple, unfortunately, doesn't deserve too much sympathy. They invested hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into R&D, but very little came out. They produced almost no new innovation since the original Mac itself. So now, the original genes of the Macintosh have populated the earth. Ninety percent in the form of Windows, but nevertheless, there are tens of millions of computers that work like that. And that's great. The question is, what's next? And what's going to keep driving this PC revolution?
One of the reasons I think Microsoft took ten years to copy the Mac is because they didn't really get it at its core.
What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?'
I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success—I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products.
