Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.
Me and my dad are the biggest promoters of an estate tax in the US. It’s not a popular position.
I was lucky to be involved and get to contribute to something that was important, which is empowering people with software.
There’s no magic line between an application and an operating system that some bureaucrat in Washington should draw.
The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.
I know there’s a farmer out there somewhere who never wants a PC and that’s fine with me.
Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game.
When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.
Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn’t willing to.
I don’t think there is any philosophy that suggests having polio is a good thing.
The year I was born, 1955, the first big disease-eradication program in the world was declared for malaria. After about a decade of work, they realized that, at least in the tropical areas, they did not have the tools to get it done.
I don’t think there’s anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a binary fashion.
Microsoft went into orbit because it had a booster rocket attached to it called IBM.
In three years, every product my company makes will be obsolete. The only question is whether we will make them obsolete or somebody else will.
Investing in tomorrow’s technology today is more critical than ever...
This is a very exciting time in the world of information. It’s not just that the personal computer has come along as a great tool. The whole pace of business is moving faster. Globalization is forcing companies to do things in new ways.
Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch makes a profound difference.
Does the universe exist only for me? It’s possible. If so, it’s sure going well for me, I must admit.
The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.
Setting clear goals and finding measures that will mark progress toward them can improve the human condition.