The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.

Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

This is a software-powered world.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.

This notion of universal Windows apps is a very powerful concept because we're now aggregating the 300-plus-million-socket run rate of Windows into one opportunity for our developers.