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"Unearned revenue associated with Productivity Applications and Developer products totaled $1.96 billion and $1.99 billion." MSFT annual report, 2000
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“Konichiwa, Sinofsky desu . . . Arigatou gozaimasu.” – My Japanese language portion of the launch script for Office 2000
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The biggest competition for Office 2000 was…Office 97. –Realization at the end of the project
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“When your new exec offers observations on the org, the next step is an org change.” –July 1998, my own thought bubble in meeting with SteveB in our fi…
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In enterprise software the best product doesn’t always win, but the winning product becomes the best product. –An old saying of unknown origin
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Yes, that’s called strategy. Why can’t we have that? –BillG on Sony Memory Stick c. 1998-99.
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“Microsoft’s Office 97 contains 4,500 commands for features both useful and arcane.” in “Microsoft May Face Backlash Against ‘Bloatware’”—WSJ, 11/18/96
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Steven Sinofsky’s TechTalkCulture and Work at Microsoft (archived MSDN blog)
Building Windows 8 Team BlogB8 (archived MSDN blog)
Engineering Windows 7 Team BlogE7 (archived MSDN blog)
Jensen Harris UI BlogEvolution of Office User Interface by JensenH (archived MSDN blog)
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