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It's Hard To Invent A New Thing, And It's Just As Hard To Invent Another New Thing.

If I Was In Government And Running Government, I Think I Would Use The Government Data, Because I Wouldn't Know Where Else To Look, Quite Frankly. And If I Didn't Like That Data, I Would Work Hard To Make Sure It Got Better And Better And Better, Whether It Was At The State Or Local Or Federal Level.

The One Thing That I Think Separates Microsoft From A Lot Of Other People Is We Make Bold Bets. We're Persistent About Them, But We Make Them. A Lot Of People Won't Make A Bold Bet. A Bold Bet Doesn't Assure You Of Winning, But If You Make No Bold Bets You Can't Continue To Succeed. Our Industry Doesn't Allow You To Rest On Your Laurels Forever. I Mean, You Can Milk Any Great Idea. Any Idea That Turns Out To Be Truly Great Can Be Harvested For Tens Of Years. On The Other Hand, If You Want To Continue To Be Great, You've Got To Bet On New Things, Big, Bold Bets.

I Come Back To The Same Thing: We've Got The Greatest Pipeline In The Company's History In The Next 12 Months, And We've Had The Most Amazing Financial Results Possible Over The Last Five Years, And We're Predicting Being Back At Double-digit Revenue Growth In Fiscal Year '06.

The Number One Benefit Of Information Technology Is That It Empowers People To Do What They Want To Do. It Lets People Be Creative. It Lets People Be Productive. It Lets People Learn Things They Didn't Think They Could Learn Before, And So In A Sense It Is All About Potential.