Software is inherently complicated. If you say to somebody I want an airline reservation system, to really say what you want in terms of overbooking and fares, and different airlines communicating with each or schedule changes, it's immensely complex. And so you can't write a program that's any simpler than that full specification.

In inner-city, low-income communities of color, there's such a high correlation in terms of educational quality and success.

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.

Bridge is one of the last games in which the computer is not better.

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.