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Almost Three Years Ago, When I Retired, My Wife And I Were Talking About Our Philanthropic Work And How Does One Help Give Opportunity, Particularly To Kids Growing Up In Very Disadvantaged Situations.and My Initial Kind Of Sense Was, The Government Does That Primarily, And What We Should Mostly Do Is Pay Our Taxes. My Wife Said, No, I Don't Think That's Quite Right For Us. We Need To Do More. We Can Do Better.

[apple And Rim] Are Probably Restricted, In Some Sense, To A Certain Maximum. ... If You Want To Reach More People Than That, You Sort-of Have To Separate The Hardware And The Software Issue.

At Microsoft I Had Many Years Of Experience And History And Seeing Connections. With My Direct Reports, The Job At Microsoft Was To Delegate And Then Be Able To Properly Review, But Not To Micromanage. To Have A Way Of Connecting And Integrating Without Getting In The Way.

Great Companies Have High Cultures Of Accountability, It Comes With This Culture Of Criticism I Was Talking About Before, And I Think Our Culture Is Strong On That.

Google's Not A Real Company. It's A House Of Cards.