Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.

My grade point average went from a 2.2 to a 4.0 over the summer. I wanted to get straight A's. I decided to get straight A's. I didn't want people to think I was dumb. And when you get straight A's once, its easier.

Microsoft has some assets like Office that have stayed strong and there's so much room for innovation in those.

We are always saying to ourself.. we have to innovate. We got to come up with that breakthrough... we're only paid for breakthroughs.

My guideline has always been to avoid a focus on me personally. Not because of any deep, dark secrets. Rather just a sense of privacy.

You need to understand things in order to invent beyond them.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.