Top 28 Quotes by Jim Barksdale

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

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

It's the first time I've ever done anything like that. It took longer than I expected. I've gotten a lot of E-mail since I got back, saying they thought I did a good job and presented the case well.

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.

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

Well, the sales of our products clearly demonstrate their value to businesses and to individuals.

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

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

In my column series 'The Main Thing', I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners.

Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.