In a small company, you often see a lot more of what goes on in a broader range of things. And that’s good.

I’m projecting somewhere between 100 million and 200 million computers on the Net by the end of December 2000, and about 300 million users by that same time.

There’s a tremendous amount of energy in Japan and, increasingly, in China.

Although I’ve had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.

I’d like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists – once burned – are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

But what we all have to learn is that we can’t do everything ourselves.

What’s wonderful about Google is that as long as you bring ideas to the table, it doesn’t matter what else is going on.

It is just a thing. Whether it is good or bad depends what you do with it. If you don’t like what you are doing with it then it is simply a reflection of what you are as an individual, an organisation or a society and that is what you have to fix.

My reaction to a lot of the current situation that we’re in is based in part on a serious concern that the present administration’s course ignores reality.