The routine that was described in court today in fact does not remove all of the Internet Explorer files; it only removes about 3 percent of them. It’s designed to be very easy for consumers...

I f you get into aggressive enforcement , then you run the risk of a government picking and choosing against whom they’ll enforce these rules .

As we head into the second day, I am more optimistic that we will be able to resolve this issue with the (European) Commission.

While we are confident that we are presently in full compliance with the decision, we wish to dispel any notion that Microsoft’s technical documents are insufficient.

The first few years of SOX implementation left a lack of clarity that paralyzed some financial and business consultants and frustrated many companies. Trusted advisors in the Big Four were not able to respond to...

We can settle this lawsuit tomorrow. We can get back to … competing in the marketplace.

We were unable to execute against their defense.

As we’ve seen organized criminal enterprises focusing on counterfeiting and taking it to the Internet, it is becoming an even more important problem for the industry and the company.

We believe we have a set of principles that ensure we comply with all of our legal obligations in China and other countries and ensure we are consistent with the broad principles that the Internet...

This reflects our confidence in the future. The software industry is a very fast-paced industry and if anything, we have seen the pace of change accelerate.

I like that. I enjoy that challenge.

We kind of gave the meet away. We had an opportunity to win the meet. We lost some matches we should not have.

If we need to spend more money, we will spend more money.

This is not a single-country issue, and this is not a single-company issue. At the end of the day, we are going to need a broad set of principles for (the) full range of Internet...

I’m very optimistic about the new opportunity that we now have. It finally gives us the specificity and clarity that we need to work in a constructive way.

We just didn’t look good. We didn’t win the close ones, and that was the difference in the meet.

As I said in the hearing, I believe that we have had a breakthrough.

If someone pays for a license, they will get access to the source code.

These new documentation projects, together with free and unlimited technical support and access to Windows source code, will ensure that our competitors have all the assistance they need.

We will contest today’s statement to the full extent permitted under EU law, including a full oral hearing on these issues.

We need to be able to adjust quickly to threats on the horizon, but we need to plan ahead.

Third-party applications that rely on [the removed Windows software] will stop working as they’re supposed to. It’s going to create new security vulnerabilities in the Windows product because as people move code they’re going to...

A lot of people have been skiing Wine Tree and that area for a number of years so they feel like they’re getting slighted.

I think we had a very constructive dialogue yesterday.

Big plays, any way you make them are exciting. It’s more making the right decision, the one that works.

In our first year of ownership, the White Sox delivered us a South Atlantic League title. Most importantly, the entire White Sox organization has treated us with class and respect. We look forward to this...

They just played good defense. That’s all I can say. It’s all of our fault. We just have to point the finger at ourselves.

A leader’s job is not to put greatness into people, but rather to recognize that it already exists, and to create an environment where that greatness can emerge and grow.

We cooperated fully with the FTC in a very thorough review, which included issues that are legally novel and technologically complex.

We recognize that spam is a global problem, … We are ramping up our efforts to combat spam around the world.

The 5,000th patent is a marker of the progress we have made in the past few years — building a high-quality, innovative and industry-recognized portfolio. Through patents, we are able to license our technologies widely...

To continue to foster consistency between both licensing programs, Microsoft has decided to make available for the desktop protocols the same reference license for source code it is offering for server protocols, and the company...

The growing focus on privacy at both state and federal levels has resulted in an increasingly rapid adoption of well-intended privacy laws that are at times overlapping, inconsistent and often incomplete,

This arrest demonstrates the value of public-private collaboration — the first-class investigative work by the authorities and round-the-clock technical and investigative support provided by our internet crime investigations team here at Microsoft, … the results...

It’s something that we have to be committed to ‘¦ but I think it’s a struggle worth pursuing.

These are real crimes that disrupt the lives of real people.

It’s truly a benefit to them and no detriment to us. From our standpoint as commissioners, it’s nice to be able to help a well-respected medical institution invest back into the community.

It brings a lot of awareness to people who historically have not thought about these types of solutions, and that attention and interest is exactly the type of stuff that we love.

A lot of seniors have been there and want to go out with a win.

In the next few years, we’re looking to cluster stations and vehicles in the Los Angeles and New York areas.

They do have a characteristic call that can be recognized and that identifies them as right whales.

We congratulate the Turkish and Moroccan authorities and the FBI for finding and apprehending the alleged distributors of the Zotob and Rbot (Mytob) worms so quickly. These arrests demonstrate the value of public-private collaboration ?...

It wasn’t anything magical. We just played within our system.

The two companies effectively took over the fourth floor of the Bellevue Hyatt last weekend, … We were using five different conference rooms with a negotiation taking place in each room until two or three...

I want to play quarterback, but I don’t want to turn people off, so I’m open to helping the team out however they want. I’m just looking for a great situation that would be best...

To put this issue to rest we are announcing today that we are also licensing the Windows source code itself, so that anyone who licenses the [communications protocol] code will also have access to the...

Microsoft is obligated as a company to continue to move forward to meet our obligations under the agreement, even as we are waiting for a final decision.

All possible participants must be listed on the company roster in order to compete or fill in as a substitute for an event.

On paper, sometimes things look good and sometimes things don’t look so good. For us, it didn’t look so good.

This is not only confusing for businesses, but it also leaves consumers unprotected. A single federal approach will create a common standard for protection that consumers and businesses can understand and count on.