Without choice, you have no innovation. Without innovation, you have nothing.

Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.

Every time you turn on your new car, you're turning on 20 microprocessors. Every time you use an ATM, you're using a computer. Every time I use a settop box or game machine, I'm using a computer. The only computer you don't know how to work is your Microsoft computer, right?

This is a big deal. It's a fairly natural partnership; it shouldn't surprise people, ... We're working on bringing this network-is-the-computer, Net services environment.

When Steve Ballmer calls me wacko, I consider that a compliment.

The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.

Computers shouldn't be unusable. You don't need to know how to work a telephone switch to make a phone call, or how to use the Hoover Dam to take a shower, or how to work a nuclear-power plant to turn on the lights.