In the past, there was hardware, software, and platforms on top of which there were applications. Now they're getting conflated. That is all going to get disrupted by the move to the cloud.

If you talk about STEM education, the best way to introduce anyone to STEM or get their curiosity going on, it's Minecraft.

Everything is going to be connected to cloud and data... All of this will be mediated by software.

The mobile-first, cloud-first is a very rich canvas for innovation - it is not the device that is mobile, it is the person that is mobile.

Most people have a very strong sense of organizational ownership, but I think what people have to own is an innovation agenda, and everything is shared in terms of the implementation.

One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.

To me, what Minecraft represents is more than a hit game franchise. It's this open-world platform. If you think about it, it's the one game parents want their kids to play.

When I started at Microsoft, I was lucky enough to be part of the rise of the client-server paradigm.

Businesses and users are going to use technology only if they can trust it.

The energy you create around you is perhaps going to be the most important attribute - in the long run, EQ trumps IQ. Without being a source of energy for others, very little can be accomplished.

If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

My ambition with connectivity is not to fly balloons in the national airspace of other countries, but my dream is to be able to enable the local entrepreneurs to have low-cost connectivity solutions.

What gets lost is we wouldn't be who we are and as successful as we have been if we didn't have a decent batting average.

Competition is not going to kill us.

With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time.

To me, Microsoft is about empowerment... we are the original democratizing force, putting a PC in every home and every desk.

It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated.

The more you live it, the more sustainable your business approach becomes.

What matters is 'Have you done a better job of making our experiences feel like home on Windows?' That's our real goal, and that's what we're going to stay focused on.

I want to see us remain convinced that software matters in the future.

The unique value that Microsoft can add is around productivity and platforms. Productivity is broadly something we can uniquely do.

Our goal with the cloud is to make sure that our cloud and our cloud applications are available on every device in the world.

Making more sense out of my data, my needs, my tasks - to me, that's the future of Office.

The one thing that I would say that defines me is I love to learn. I get excited about new things. I buy more books than I read or finish.