Ballmer: Microsoft will not leave uncovered areas for Apple

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has promised that his company will continue to compete with Apple , writes The Verge . Ballmer told CRN : "We want it to be very clear: we are not going to leave uncovered areas for Apple ."

“We have a performance advantage,” said Ballmer. “We have advantages in corporate governance and manageability. We have our advantages when you are building a server infrastructure in an enterprise. ”

Microsoft is currently preparing to release Windows Phone 8 , Windows 8 and the new Xbox , and, according to Ballmer, he will not allow to give away any Apple sphere. “Neither the consumer cloud. No innovation in hardware and software. We will not leave Apple any of this. It will not happen. Not with us. "
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Ballmer also did not reject the idea of Microsoft ’s own smartphone. Calling Surface the core of the company, Ballmer said “let's see what will happen” and noted that the company has good partners Nokia and HTC in the telephone field. “I love what's happening with Surface . We are going to focus on Surface and other tablets on Windows 8 of our partners and see if we can do something. ”