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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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...

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...

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...

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

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

We will make our products work out of the box.

We will make our products work out of the box.

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....

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.

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...

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break...

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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.

I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I...

I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I...

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...

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 mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.

Our mail product, Hotmail, is the market leader globally.