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

Technology has the shelf life of a banana.

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

This Windows 95 hairball has become so big, so unmanageable, so hard to use, so hard to configure, so hard to keep up and running, so hard to keep secure. Windows 95 is a great gift to give your kid this Christmas because it will keep your kid fascinated for months trying to get it up and running and trying to figure out how to use it.

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

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.

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?