“I agree that no single company can create all the hardware and software. Openness is central because it's the foundation of choice.” — Steve Ballmer

“I spoke to someone from Microsoft about this very thing, and they said it was interesting, but asked how it would work mechanically. Where would messages be sent? Would one take precedent over the other? I told him that figuring out shit like that wasn't my job. Being a contrarian ideologue is pretty sweet.” — Tycho

“Microsoft is no longer relevant to the future of web standards: their only two choices right now are to play a long and expensive game of catch-up while under fire, or consign IE to the dustbin of legacy software.” — James Bennett

“I'm also putting less emphasis on search, moving the box to the bottom right and replacing it with a dog.” — Philipp Lenssen