Apple Ink
Aug 4, 2008, 09:53 PM
Article Link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7540282.stm
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
The value of Microsoft Windows, of what that product is today, will diminish as more applications move to the web and Microsoft needs to edge out in front of that," he said.
"I would be surprised if there was definitive evidence that nothing like this was not kicking around," he said.
The big problem that Microsoft faced in doing away with Windows, he said, was how to re-make its business to cope.
Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
The value of Microsoft Windows, of what that product is today, will diminish as more applications move to the web and Microsoft needs to edge out in front of that," he said.
"I would be surprised if there was definitive evidence that nothing like this was not kicking around," he said.
The big problem that Microsoft faced in doing away with Windows, he said, was how to re-make its business to cope.
