We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux.

We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology.

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there

There is a point in your life when you realize that you have written enough destructors.

With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time.

We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop.

Some scientists use TeX or LatEX but for most people Word is the thing that writers use these days.

It is better to have God over your shoulder, than carry the world alone on your back.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Poetry was the maiden I loved but politics was the harridan I married.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.

I've always had life threats, and they've always been for real.

A Tom Ford three-piece makes you feel so confident, it's bananas.

Smile. It is sunshine to others.

Forget your sadness, anger, grudges and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in a breeze. Do not indulge yourself in such feelings.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.