Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.

In my view, investing in public libraries is an investment in the nation's future.

The world is not flat, and PCs are not, in the hierarchy of human needs, in the first five rungs.

We need to start thinking about the future of food if we are going to feed 9 billion people in a way that does not destroy our environment.

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

How much further beyond basic research the role of the government should be, you could have a really good debate about it. Almost nobody would say it's zero. But that's where at least we need the private sector to play a big role.

Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.