We have over 60 million machines that can take the same diskette, plug it in and immediately ah, that that software's working. And so it's created the worldwide software industry that... that is so very competitive and moving so quickly.

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect.

Melinda [Gates] has been my partner in raising the kids and I went from before I met her, intentionally having an unbalanced life, to having a more balanced life with all sorts of fun things that she and I do together.

Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

The government is somewhat inept, but the private sector is inept in general. How many companies do venture capitalists invest in that go poorly? By far most of them. However, every once in a while a Google or a Microsoft comes out, so people keep giving them money.