Bill Gates:

I'm very excited about the choice of Satva Nadella to be the CEO of Microsoft. Microsoft has a long history of innovation going back to the beginning, where the vision of the personal computer was something that Microsoft helped bring to life.

Our vision of the platform that software developers could thrive by building on really initiated the entire software industry. We brought forward graphics interface, we took advantage of the Internet, so as the industry changes, we have to innovate and move forward.

Satya's got the right background to lead the company during this era. There's a challenge in mobile computing; there's an opportunity in the cloud. In the various business groups he's worked in, he's driven innovation, gotten architectures put together that really meet the needs of our customers.

The opportunity for Microsoft is greater than ever before, whether it's taking Office and bringing it to interactive documents, letting you find your information in rich ways, securing your information in rich ways, or even building a new platform- a cloud platform that connects to all sorts of different devices.

Bill Gates:

I'm very excited about the choice of Satva Nadella to be the CEO of Microsoft. Microsoft has a long history of innovation going back to the beginning, where the vision of the personal computer was something that Microsoft helped bring to life.

Our vision of the platform that software developers could thrive by building on really initiated the entire software industry. We brought forward graphics interface, we took advantage of the Internet, so as the industry changes, we have to innovate and move forward.

Satya's got the right background to lead the company during this era. There's a challenge in mobile computing; there's an opportunity in the cloud. In the various business groups he's worked in, he's driven innovation, gotten architectures put together that really meet the needs of our customers.

The opportunity for Microsoft is greater than ever before, whether it's taking Office and bringing it to interactive documents, letting you find your information in rich ways, securing your information in rich ways, or even building a new platform- a cloud platform that connects to all sorts of different devices.