26 Quotes by James L. Barksdale

I want my testimony to stand on that point. But I would point out that Zona Research Inc. showed we have increased market share among business users, educational users, and government users over the past several months – and that’s more recent than the IDC report.

We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers.

There are no pat answers – we’re pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don’t always apply.

If you want to work on the core problem, it’s early school literacy.

I don’t believe in government regulation of the software industry.

I think we’re proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary – making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites.

We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who’s halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.

I think they should separate Microsoft’s application group from its operating system group.

I’ve tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done.