Those that believe this is merely a cyclical downturn are mad. Our industry is going to mature and, as something matures, the rate of innovation does slow.

I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

The disturbing thing about the Bush forecast is that we are not just looking at the cyclical downturn -- a return to budget deficits because the economy is down, ... Fox News Sunday.

Bill Gates is the pope of the personal computer industry. He decides who's going to build.

The semiconductor industry is very, very cyclical; and when things are good - which they are now - they're always better than were expected. Of course, when things turn down, they always hit harder than anybody would have guessed. And right now what's happening on Wall Street is a lot of people are trying to kind of guess the top: are we there yet? There's really no way to tell.