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.

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.

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

Putting Windows [3.11] on top of DOS is like putting whipped cream on a road apple [horse poop].

Get the best people and train them well.

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