I mean, if we said right now, there's somebody in the next room who's dying, let's all go save their life, you know, everybody would just get up immediately and go get involved in that.

I believe technology will continue to become more affordable and more people will have the chance to use it. This will help more people get medical care and a good education.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero.

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

While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.

No one person controls Microsoft. The board and the shareholders decide whether they want to have me as CEO.