Imagine the disincentive to software development if after months of work another company could come along and copy your work and market it under its own name...without legal restraints to such copying, companies like Apple could not afford to advance the state of the art.

If I had one dollar left, I'd spend it on PR

Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.

Learning from mistakes and constantly improving products is a key in all successful companies.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

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