Our goal in making these changes is to enable Microsoft to achieve greater agility in managing the incredible growth ahead and executing our software-based services strategy.

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have.

It actually turns out to be much harder to really understand government across state local and federal.

I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful.

I'm going to f---ing bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to f---ing kill Google.

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every way, to succeed wildly at everything we touch, to have the broadest impact of any company in the world.

Getting the big things right that make all the money, that's long cycle, really executing in a way that allows you to do it, that's short cycle.