The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.

Microsoft was founded with a vision of a computer on every desk, and in every home. We've never wavered from that vision.

There's no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.

When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.

I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks is not very long: A nuclear war, climate change and epidemics.

Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.

Microsoft is involved in setting some fairly key standards and people are afraid of it because they think, Geez, they are quite capable. It's daunting, I suppose.