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It is impossible to count the blessings I have received over my years at Microsoft. I am humbled by the professionalism and generosity of everyone I have had the good fortune to work with at this awesome company.

Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them to do so.

Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.

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

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

I do believe that at Microsoft in general good work is rewarded, and I have seen it many times here.

I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.

Simply as a writer of books I'm thrilled and proud that Seattle should have raised, on a public vote, sufficient money to build a central library, and moreover to rebuild every other library in the city: 28 of them.

To me, Microsoft is about empowerment... we are the original democratizing force, putting a PC in every home and every desk.

Seattle is a fantastic place to build a great technology-enabled consumer company.