Bill Gates Bringing Quotations

We need to move beyond voice to voice and data, ... Microsoft can do this by bringing all the pieces together. And once we do, we are really going to surprise people.

Older systems were secure because they were isolated. You can't layer on top of a system elements to make it secure; you get too much of a mismatch between the components. This design approach is absolutely critical--thinking these things through from the beginning and not bringing security in at the end is very important. This has been a big shift for Microsoft.

Our vision of what's important is exactly the same today, bringing together the best systems and the best software to empower people with rich information solutions.

We think we'll revolutionize how people do things in the workplace by bringing streaming media and Microsoft Office together in a combined vision,