One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.'

The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the same software.

In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.

Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk].

Fortunately for India, it has got a growing economy. If it is doing the right things with taxation and focusing on the right areas for human development, it is going to have no problem, over a period of time, taking care of its own needs.

Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.

Depending on where you live, cooking, sex and pooping are either 3 of life's pleasures or what kills you