Our leadership [in Microsoft ] has that - "hey, we are the best in certain ways," and so we get the best people. That any kind of positive dynamic is quite good, so I love what's going on there, it's fun.

Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download.

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

What we're really after is simply that people acquire a legal license for Windows for each computer they own before they move on to Linux or Sun Solaris or BSD or OS/2 or whatever.

Online education is pretty special for two reasons. One is that you can get the very best lecture in the world and wherever you are, whenever you want, you can connect to that lecture. The other is this interactivity, where if you know a topic, you can kind of skip over it. Or if you're confused about it, [the area] where you're confused can be analyzed by software.

I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.

India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.