Know Your Numbers' Is A Fundamental Precept

Microsoft Does Not Dominate The Software Industry By Any Stretch Of The Imagination. We Have Lots Of Very Able Competitors Who Keep Us Constantly Vigilant, And Sometimes They Beat Us To The Punch. Microsoft's Success To Date Is Based Solely On The Fact That People Like Microsoft Software.

The Pace Of Progress In Biology Creates A Foundation That Naturally Gets Picked Up By The Biotech And Pharmaceutical Industry To Solve Rich-world Diseases. This Is Attractive Science. It's Science That People Want To Work On.

Success Is A Miserable Teacher. It Tempts Intelligent People To Believe They Cannot Lose. And It Is An Unreliable Guide To The Future.

Married Life Is A Simpler Life. Who I Spend My Time With Is Established In Advance.

If Something's Expensive To Develop, And Somebody's Not Going To Get Paid, It Won't Get Developed. So You Decide: Do You Want Software To Be Written, Or Not?