There are a variety of techniques for breaking software down into pieces and making software development more efficient. Many of these techniques have been sort of... and everybody got excited about but very little benefit was actually derived once the thing was put into practice.

The media covers what’s new – and millions of people dying is nothing new. So it stays in the background, where it’s easier to ignore. But even when we do see it or read about it, it’s difficult to keep our eyes on the problem. It’s hard to look at suffering if the situation is so complex that we don’t know how to help. And so we look away.

DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.

Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.

We have to find a way to make the aspects of capitalism that serve wealthier people serve poorer people as well.

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.

If I was down to the last dollar of my marketing budget I'd spend it on PR!