Satya Nadella Quotes

At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

We've had a relationship with Microsoft for a while. It's bigger than just Xbox - we use Azure for some of our cloud stuff. PC Windows is a very big platform for us as well.

If an innovative piece of software comes along, Microsoft copies it and makes it part of Windows. This is not innovation; this is the end of innovation.

To me, this is the perfect marriage. There's no friction. There's just, we have what they need, they have what we need. And so IBM is in the process, with our help, of designing many different apps for many different verticals.

The way to be successful in the software world is to come up with breakthrough software, and so whether it's Microsoft Office or Windows, its pushing that forward. New ideas, surprising the marketplace, so good engineering and good business are one in the same.

Apple's advantage is that it designs and builds software together, so if the software isn't excellent, it does the superlative hardware a disservice.

I want to see us remain convinced that software matters in the future.

I think that we have been able to demonstrate that we cannot just consume software, that we can create software that can be used all over the world, that we have that kind of talent in Africa.

I've spent a career working in tech as a software engineer. And I believe regulated markets are the best way to build and deliver innovative products.

If I could get Office on a tablet, I'd throw my laptop away.

One of my biggest intellectual influences in my life was Alex Karp of Palantir.

The Apple IIc, with its 128KB of RAM, 125KB floppy drive, word processor, and spreadsheet application, did everything I could imagine a computer doing at the time.

We founded Palantir in 2003-2004 because we perceived a giant gap between how the defense and intelligence community was harnessing technology to achieve its goals and what we had seen was possible in Silicon Valley over the last decade.

The best software companies in the world are the Indian companies like the Tatas, Infosys, and others.

Google went in a consumer direction, and VMware was system infrastructure. But there are a lot of parallels and similarities.

When we launched the first version of Basecamp in 2004, we decided to build software for small companies just like us.

Tech stuff, I will always do. They've been good to me.

In a web/mobile startup, coding is not an outsourced activity. It's an integral part of the company's DNA.

Old companies that had nothing to do with software in the past all have software development activities to unlock the invention that's occurring inside of these organizations. And so the developer is a very important part of that overall ecosystem.

Workday is constantly looking into the future and, you know, building applications that stay modern and relevant.

Although the most advanced software innovation may take place in big cities with research universities, there is a lot of work concerning the application of software to business processes and the administration and maintenance of software systems that can be done remotely.

It's important not only to have the right timing of when the hardware is going to be released but also when we are going to be able to introduce quality software.

If a company has a navigation system or a database or a virtual assistant they like better, Microsoft will meet them in the middle.

The iPod wasn't the first MP3 player. Nor were the iPhone and iPad the first in their categories. The real reason for the success of these devices - the true unsung hero at Apple - is the iTunes software and iTunes Store. Because Apple provided them, it wasn't just selling hardware.

I think Nintendo is fortunate, having been in this business for over 30 years, to really understand the dynamics and recognize that it's software that drives hardware, and it's new, unique, compelling experiences within software that make it stand out.