Microsoft Office

part of Microsoft includes Microsoft Office 365

5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2024 by Ben Gilbert · said 87 times in 10 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jul 22, 2024 neutral
What-if
Gilbert: Microsoft's 1997 Office commitment and investment saved Apple from bankruptcy
“Which, by the way, saved Apple. The company would have been completely out of business because it was so existentially important to anyone using an Apple computer to use Office that if Office, you know, Microsoft decides, oh, we're gonna stop developing Office…”
Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 45:38 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jul 22, 2024 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Gilbert: Windows and Office franchises generate more revenue today than ever
“Windows and Office have proven to be these ridiculously durable franchises generating more revenue today than ever.”
Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 4:13:54 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jul 22, 2024 positive
Assertion Open · timeframe Jul 2024
Gilbert: Sinofsky's Office division set ship dates three years ahead for 6,000 people
“Three years in advance a date is set and then 6000 people ship on that date no matter what.”
Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 3:22:23 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 2, 2025 positive
Insight
Ballmer: Microsoft Office was the foundation for entering enterprise markets
“The truth of the matter is Microsoft office slash M three 65, whatever exactly it's called today is super important. It was the foundation for having permission to be in the enterprise. And yet it's a product that sits right there in front of users.”
Steve Ballmer Jun 2, 2025 ▶ 7:01 The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired
Aug 26, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Google Docs Has Up to a Billion Users Compared to Office's 200M
“I think if you look at users of docs or sheets or slides, it's in the billion-ish, five hundred million, billion range for each of those. Office, I think, has a couple hundred million users worldwide.”
David Rosenthal Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 50:34 Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
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