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.

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

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.

Get the best people and train them well.

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?

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.