I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.

If I think something's a waste of time or inappropriate I don't wait to point it out. I say it right away. It's real time. So you might hear me say 'That's the dumbest idea I have ever heard' many times during a meeting.

A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.

Success is a miserable teacher. It tempts intelligent people to believe they cannot lose. And it is an unreliable guide to the future.

I read a lot of obscure books and it is nice to open a book.

We believe unbelievable progress can be made, in both inventing new vaccines and making sure they get out to all the children who need them.

Microsoft's philosophy is to 'do things better.' And Vista has given us lots of opportunity to do that.