It's pretty amazing to go from a world where computers were unheard of and very complex to where they're a tool of everyday life.
Bill GatesThere's always a tricky issue when you get into stolen material or pornography. The laws for online publishing the same as for print-based publishing, where if you're hosting certain types of things and somebody notifies you about that.
Bill GatesWe [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it's easier for us, as a rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems.
Bill GatesSoftware will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.
Bill Gates