Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

We think computing ought to be like a telephone or a water tap or a light switch.

Get the best people and train them well.

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

The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new letters like N and T.

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.

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.