Our vision, which has not changed since the day the company was founded.

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

Microsoft went into orbit because it had a booster rocket attached to it called IBM.

When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.

Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate from high school with the basic skills they will need to succeed in the 21st Century economy, much less prepared for the rigors of college and career. Although our top universities continue to rank among the best in the world, too few American students are pursuing degrees in science and technology. Compounding this problem is our failure to provide sufficient training for those already in the workforce.

A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.

Teams should be able to act with the same unity of purpose and focus as a well motivated individual.