I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.

The point is that when we focus on all three things at once-technology, policies, and markets-we can encourage innovation, spark new companies, and get new products into the market fast.

The tool that's most associated with the recent progress against malaria is the long-lasting bed net. Bed nets are a fantastic innovation. But we can do even better. We can invent new ways to control the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite.

Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.

Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness.

Innovation is a good thing. The human condition - put aside bioterrorism and a few footnotes - is improving because of innovation.