Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system... I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too..

Do I have a problem with Larry Ellison buying Sun? No, that's part of the capitalist system. As soon as we go public we're for sale, that's part of t….

In a world without fences, who needs Gates?.

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 y….

Who cares who's captain after the wings have fallen off..

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 s….

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

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

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

Every time you turn on your new car, you're turning on 20 microprocessors. Every time you use an ATM, you're using a computer. Every time I use a set….

Yes, we have a dress code. You have to dress..

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

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 ….

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products..

The utility model of computing - computing resources delivered over the network in much the same way that electricity or telephone service reaches ou….

We have an opportunity to improve productivity and cut costs while growing our way to a better and a more comfortable operating environment. I don't ….

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

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..

You already have zero privacy - get over it..