Tom Burt Quotations

We value our relationship with these cities and counties and are pleased to reach a settlement that allows us all to focus on the future.

He can't tell them what to do, he can't direct them, he can't manage them.

Microsoft is appealing the District Court's preliminary ruling because Microsoft does not believe any preliminary injunction should have been ordered. We are confident that Microsoft has developed the best Java implementation within the terms of our contract with Sun and in the best interests of Java developers and consumers.

We hope that they'll look at this settlement and see that perhaps this is an appropriate time with everything else that's facing the country to get these issues behind us, as Microsoft is working to do.

We are really pleased with the judge's order,

We are pleased that the court recognized the important role non-disclosure agreements play in protecting Microsoft's intellectual property - our most valuable asset.

This ruling makes him a very highly paid HR manager and property manager.

We think this is very bad for Korean consumers and very bad for the industry in Korea and for mature innovation. Challenging the decision in Europe in court, we think we are going to win. Challenging this decision in court, we think we are going to win.

While we are confident that Microsoft ultimately will prevail in these lawsuits, we are disappointed that we have missed the opportunity to improve education for disadvantaged children while resolving litigation,

We are very disappointed with the commission's decision. Ultimately, we will file a lawsuit in Korean court challenging the decision.

Dr Lee is going to be the highest-paid HR manager ever,

Dr. Lee is going to be the highest-paid HR (human resources) manager ever,

As a company that respects intellectual property rights, we are gratified that the court determined that these claims had no merit.

This agreement marks not only the end of our legal dispute, but more importantly, the beginning of a closer working relationship between our companies.

You don't go to be the president of a research center and get paid $10 million to go interview undergraduates. This makes him the highest paid human resources director in history.

Sun apparently decided that it no longer likes the deal it made more than a year and a half ago. Sun's suit may make for good PR, but its claims are not grounded in fact or law. We are disappointed that it has come to this, but we have upheld our end of the bargain. Sun has not.

It will certainly be tens of millions of dollars, but the cost will be determined in part by the total volume of software that's requested and provided to the schools over the five-year period.