This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep up and running, so hard to keep secure. Windows 95 is a great gift to give your kid this Christmas because it will keep your kid fascinated for months trying to get it up and running and trying to figure out how to use it.

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress.

When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.