If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.

Whenever you have multiple devices including multiple PCs that you want to share information with, it's always been a bit complicated.

The U.S. couldn't even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They'll be killing each other again in less than a year. I'm sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

If I had one dollar left, I'd spend it on PR

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

It is a high bar to say that it's more fun than working on software because the work at Microsoft that both Melinda [Gates] and I did was thrilling. We were making breakthroughs and empowering people.

The most meaningful way to differentiate your company from your competition, is to do an outstanding job with information.