I'm very, very bullish about our prospects, and as I tell our board, as I tell our employees, this is the time to invest. There's so much opportunity. Let's just invest in that opportunity, and really get after it.

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Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every...

Our people, our shareholders, me, Bill Gates, we expect to change the world in every...

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question...

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question...

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything....

I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything....

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's...

I come back to the same thing: We've got the greatest pipeline in the company's...

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people...

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people...

Our company has to be a company that enables its people.

Our company has to be a company that enables its people.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in...

We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in...

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what...

The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what...

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it...

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it...

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.

Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.

Google's not a real company. It's a house of cards.

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but...

My children - in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but...

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came...

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came...

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry...

We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry...

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

I don't know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of...

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of...

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I...

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I...