The mainstream is always under attack.

In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.

My job is about the most fun thing I do, but I have a broad set of interests, going places, reading things, doing things.

There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no-one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft.

You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.

Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.