Steve Ballmer Quotes

I believe that interconnectivity is a human right.

Ambient Devices is what I call part of the Third Wave of Internet devices.

I expect to see a lot of household appliances on the Net by 2010, as well as autos and other mobile devices.

I think most people in the developed world would admit to carrying some sort of handheld device, whether it's a laptop or a cell phone, at all times.

Cisco projects that in 2020, now just five years away, there will be seven billion people on the earth and 50 billion devices connected to the Internet. Six-and-a-half devices on average per person. As a father of five young adults and teenagers, I think we are - in my household, we've exceeded the 6.5 number.

We have radio and TV in every single part of Mexico. And in every one of the 185,000 schools of Mexico there is an electronic blackboard connected to the Internet—every school.

In our rush to connect everything [via the Internet], we have created a monster of bad guys just waiting to take advantage of a weak line of code in a very complex program.

There will be 50 billion devices, modules, sensors connected to the Internet by 2025, and that will give opportunities.

Broadband is not a luxury; it's critical infrastructure.

I don't subscribe to the idea that everything moves to the network. Theoretically it's possible that everybody will use little hand-held devices to access the Internet, but I expect more of a hybrid environment.

To say that Wi-Fi is a critical component of Internet access in today's always-connected society doesn't do it justice.

The PC is going to become one key product in an ever-expanding array of products.

The cool thing about the Internet is that it's allowing women more access to their own history.

Bill sees and understands the possibilities of a connected world and has the expertise and the experience to help make it a reality, ... As more and more consumers want to take their connectivity with them beyond the desktop, Bill's vision will be critical in charting the company's future course and delivering on the promise of AOL Anywhere.

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.

Over the next ten years, everything that has a cord is going to have data in it.

I love films, I love movies, I love television, I love television series, I love the internet, I love anything that enhances images. But most of all, I love, love movies.

The internet has surrounded television and turned television into an art form.

Society always needs a level playing field. In order to do that, you have to have opportunity, and providing that opportunity begins with 'how do we bridge that gap,' that so-called Digital Divide? How can we get internet into every home possible?

I never surf (the Net). I don't know the password.

Our big goal should be to make connection to the Internet as common as connection to telephones is today.

The tech folks have seen WiFi as the way to untether. And what better reason to untether than entertainment content? So there's nobody better positioned than the in-home Wi-Fi purveyor.

Television, cable, the Internet, that's knocked the boundaries down.

If you'd asked me in 1980 what the big impact of microprocessors would be, I probably would have missed the PC. If you asked me in 1990 what was important, I probably would have missed the Internet.

We're thrilled to join Google. With their support, Nest will be even better placed to build simple, thoughtful devices that make life easier at home, and that have a positive impact on the world.