John Connors Quotations

We also think that the PC market could see growth in the low single digits for fiscal 2003 compared to the low single digit declines we are expecting to see for our full-year fiscal-year with 2002,

OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth. However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products.

Getting multi-digit growth in our two main franchises with the share and size we have is tough, but we will have great growth in our businesses that are somewhat smaller.

Results were solid across all businesses, led by accelerating deployments of Windows 2000 Professional in the business sector and Windows Me in the consumer arena, ... While we remain guarded about worldwide economic conditions, we are extremely enthusiastic about our Windows 2000 generation of server products.

Like many others in the industry, we are seeing slowing PC sales as the quarter progresses.

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Microsoft is well known for its bench strength,? he said.

We've been extremely successful. There's just much more to do.

To grow a $32 billion company, first you have to do $32 billion in business.

We are optimistic for the outlook of PC growth in the upcoming quarters and are particularly enthused about the release of Windows 2000,

While our short-term results will continue to be affected by the current economic environment, our long-term outlook on the information technology market and the PC industry remains positive.

We believe, like many technology companies, that the current weakness in worldwide economic conditions is resulting in a slowdown in PC sales, corporate IT spending and consumer online services and advertising.

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While we are enthusiastic about the break-through products and services the company will be delivering in 2001, we remain guarded about the near-term economic outlook and its impact on PC demand and technology spending,

We solidly outperformed on revenues, expenses, and earnings per share, and we feel good about where we ended the quarter on unearned (revenue),

We are cautious about the next quarter. We want to see business PC demand pick up, and the next quarter is a tough comparable quarter because of last year's launch of Office 2000.

As the quarter unfolded it became clear to us that customers are taking a bit longer to renew,

At the top line, we are forecasting revenues in the range of $32.2 to $32.6 billion for the full year.

Deep Throat was a journalistic joke; Mark Felt never accepted the name.

They treated us like gold out there. I felt like royalty.

Although the month of December was somewhat better than we had expected, we do not think we are in a recovery leading to positive growth in the future,

There is not much change in the health of the PC ecosystem. Demand from business customers continued to be challenging. We did not see robust corporate demand,

Consumer and corporate demand for PCs continued to exceed our expectations,

This holiday season, we will see the launch of Xbox Live and several exciting new game titles. We are very excited about the momentum we have with our product line-up in this incredibly competitive market.

The enterprise space appears to be impacted less than the consumer PC space as well as the consumer online segment.

The first thing I suggest is before you ever sign a lease you come in here and let me review it. I will go through it and explain what it is they are agreeing to and make some suggestions on what they might want to negotiate with the landlord.