“It is more than just a hum in the background, ... There are real decisions being made and money being spent, and Microsoft is starting to see, at the margin, an impact.”
“They have a great hardware product, but they've been shut off from businesses and consumers who want to run PC programs, and now they have the software that will allow that.”
“Right now, everything is in place for the competition to really begin. In the past, manufacturers were tinkering with standards and technology, but now that they have that all figured out, the race has begun.”
“Apple is a hardware company - they build software to sell the hardware. The question really is, Why not support the installation of Windows on their computers?”
“In order for this to have any value, someone has to link it into a business application, so they've got a big delivery challenge. They've got to convince developers to build front ends, convince their partners to take on the challenge.”
