One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove. But the world may be a little better, because I was important in the life of a child.

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.

There was a big gasp for me at that point.

I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.

Sparkle all started around WPF. Four years ago, we started thinking about these concepts. We wanted to make it easier for people to build around that (platform) with XAML.

XAML is the key innovation. It's what the tools understand natively.