Inspiration Starts Somewhere.

In Some Ways, If You Make Mistakes With Your Own Money, You Don't Feel As Bad About It As If It Was Someone Else's.

A Lot Of People Assume That Creating Software Is Purely A Solitary Activity Where You Sit In An Office With The Door Closed All Day And Write Lots Of Code.

I Definitely Think Leaving Kids Massive Amounts Of Money Is Not A Favor To Them.

I Have To Admit That Business-type Thoughts Do Sneak Into My Head: I Hope Our Customers Pay Us, I Hope This Stuff Is Decent, I Hope We Get It Done On Time. The Little Additions And Subtractions That One Has To Do. Take Sales, Take Costs And Try To Get That Big Positive Number At The Bottom.

Microsoft's Philosophy Is To 'do Things Better.' And Vista Has Given Us Lots Of Opportunity To Do That.