Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Gates to expand beyond Windows

Microsoft has long viewed the software world through Windows. Now, it's hoping to prove that it understands the growing popularity of Web technologies beyond its own operating system. Chairman Bill Gates delivered a keynote speech at Mix '06, the first edition of a Microsoft conference aimed at developers building new-style online applications that combine Web and mobile access. The Microsoft chairman said, in essence, that <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6051400.html?tag=nl.e589">the development world has changed</A> with the advent of new Web technologies that give people any time, any place access to their data--a far cry from the PC-centric world of the past.

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