| Looking
ahead: The Digital Decade |
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"In
the Digital Decade, you'll no longer think
of the PC as a tool you use only to carry
out specific tasks it will become something
you come to rely on all the time. The power
of the PC will be as ubiquitous and reliable
as electricity, and vastly more useful than
any single device we use today."
-Bill Gates, Chairman and Chief Software Architect,
from Moving into the Digital Decade |
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| Shaping
tomorrow's technology today |
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Imagine being
able to move seamlessly between these experiences,
choosing and carrying the information you
care most about with you - from work to home
to anywhere you go.
Today, ideas like these are already helping
shape tomorrow's technology: |
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At the
Center for Information Work, for example,
Microsoft and partners such as Sony,
Acer, and Intel are experimenting with
hands-on "office of the future"
that explores ways software and computers
may help us be more productive at work
and home. |
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Within
our research and product development
groups, we're working to reduce the
complexity that IT professionals face
every day with new features that will
make system maintenance easier.
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New
business solutions coming from Microsoft
and our partners will offer improved
real-time information exchange, supply-chain
integration, and electronic payment
systems. |
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| Your
potential. Our passion. |
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| The innovations
of the coming decade will transform the way
the PC fits into our lives and the way we
think about computing. It will be a time of
enormous opportunity: for consumers, for businesses
of all sizes, for the technology industry,
and for Microsoft as we realize the vision
of empowering people through great software
- any time, any place, on any device. |
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At Microsoft,
we create software that empowers people
and businesses to realize their full potential.
It's not just our purpose. It's our passion. |
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