If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.

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?

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.

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

If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.

We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You get on the Net and you do stuff. You IM (instant message), you blog, you take pictures, you publish, you podcast, you transact, you distance learn, you telemedicine. You are participating on the Internet, not just viewing stuff. We build the infrastructure that goes in the data center that facilitates the participation age. We build that big friggin' Webtone switch. It has security, directory, identity, privacy, storage, compute, the whole Web services stack.