As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Microsoft is always two years away from failure.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

The current information revolution is a cultural revolution, a social revolution, a thoroughgoing technological revolution that involves not just information, but labor, leisure, entertainment, communication, education, culture and thus is part of a major cultural and social shift.

Make sure people get educated, help out with health emergencies. Those things, the government should do. That's 96 per cent of the economy, those two sectors.

Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.

It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.