While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.

We believe the world changes when the boldest thinking is directed at the toughest problems

We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.

Vision without execution is daydreaming.

If the 1980s were about quality and the 1990s were about reengineering, then the 2000s will be about velocity.

K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things.

This is something we're very committed to, it's something that I think people are underestimating right now as they've seen some of the dot-com promises not come through. I think they're missing the fact that the basic technology is moving forward, the new platforms are here and this vision of the digital decade will be a reality.