Good stuff tends to happen gradually, whereas violence or catastrophes are deemed more newsworthy.

Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

Take our 20 best people away, and I will tell you that Microsoft will become an unimportant company

I believe that every life is valuable. That we can make things better. That innovation is the key to a bright future. That we're just getting started.

Another trick in software is to avoid rewriting the software by using a piece that's already been written, so called component approach which the latest term for this in the most advanced form is what's called Object Oriented Programming.

The information highway will transform our culture as dramatically as Gutenberg's press did the Middle Ages.