A sit-down with Steve Ballmer
InternetWeek | at | by Mike
Following Microsoft's April 24 launch of Windows Server 2003 at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked with InformationWeek senior editor-at-large John Foley and senior writer Aaron Ricadela. Here's an excerpt from their discussion.
InformationWeek: You said in your keynote presentation that you weren't sure what to expect in the way of Windows Server 2003 adoption, given the economic climate. But what's your best guess?
Ballmer: We don't do much in the way of forecasting. The thing I wondered about--I know we have a great product, I know it has a lot in it, and I thought, based on the feedback we had from customers, there would be a lot of enthusiasm. The question would be, How much? What would really be the case? There's this general sense when you talk to customers and to journalists and analysts, 'Oh gosh, everybody's sort of in the doldrums.'