In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's safer, doesn't require us to go around the world to get all our oil.
Bill GatesThe typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.
Bill GatesMicrosoft looks at new ideas, they don't evaluate whether the idea will move the industry forward, they ask, 'how will it help us sell more copies of Windows?
Bill GatesKids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.
Bill Gates