The Support Group for People Used by Microsoft

Quote Archive

Contents
Quotes by Microserfs
Interesting words spoken or written by Microsoft employees, particularly Bill Gates himself.

Quotes by Columnists
Excerpts from articles and editorial pieces about Microsoft.

Quotes by Corporate Executives
Quotes from leaders of rival companies.

Quotes by Legal Experts
What do lawyers, investigators, judges, and other experts think about the Microsoft monopoly?

Quotes by Publications
Quotes from publications with unidentified or unknown authors.

Quotes by Others
Miscellaneous quotes that don't fit into the above categories.

Introduction
Everyone loves to talk about Microsoft. The Empire has been the subject of much discourse and debate. The Microserfs claim their company's actions are ethical. Columnists and experts attack Microsoft's monopoly and their inferior products. Corporate executives at rival companies are unparalleled in their criticism of Microsoft.

This page is a collection of quotes from various players in the Microsoft Situation. This being the Support Group for People Used by Microsoft, it's no wonder that the vast majority of these are anti-Microsoft. If you know of any other juicy quotes, send them in (preferably with an URL or other attribution).

Bill Gates & 640KB
Bill Gates reportedly said "640KB should be enough for anyone" during the early 80's in response to criticism of MS-DOS's limited memory space. However, it's not entirely clear whether Bill actually said this. Indeed, this oft-repeated quote may actually be an urban legend. If anyone can verify or disprove this quote, please tell us.

Update. Jeff writes: "Here in Denver, in the Rocky Mountain News newspaper about 2 years ago, there was a picture of some college student standing at his dorm room door. On the door was a handwritten sign that read as follows: 'No one will ever need more than 512k of RAM.' -- Bill Gates, 1985. But it said 512k, not 640k." This only raises more questions...

Quotes by Microserfs

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Quotes by Corporate Executives

Quotes by Legal Experts

Quotes by Publications

Quotes by Others


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