Gates on dropping out of Harvard to start Microsoft: To be clear, I didn’t really leave. I went ON leave. I could go back.
On remaining challenges for the PC industry: The PC I dreamed for myself [when Microsoft started] is far better than what we have today.
On the road ahead for PCs: There are dreams that have been around for a while…a tablet computer for students instead of text books. We’ve wanted that for ages. A computer that can see, that can learn…computing today is really in its infancy.
On the challenges in global health care: People write articles about a plane crash in India…1000 times as many people will have died that day from diseases we should get rid of. Somehow, we are allowed to think the world at large is like the situation that we’re in.
On living on $1 a day (how would he know about that?): If you need to live on under $1 a day go to northern Thailand, not Calcutta.
On the rest of the world gaining ground on the U.S. economy: The U.S. has to get used to the fact that our relative share of everything – military power, economic power, innovation – won’t be so out of line with our 5% of world population as it is today – the U.S. has been sort of spoiled by being a leader for so long.
On immigration policy for skilled workers: One of our great edges is that smart people around the world want to come and work in the United States. Many come and stay there whole life. It’s an unfair advantage for us – but we’re making it tougher with our immigration policies.
On the success of the Apple iPod: Phenomenal, unbelievable, fantastic.
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