|
Ballmer Says "Windows Era" Everlasting
[An Nahar] File under "hubris," I think...Microsoft ...producers of Windows, Office, and the late Microsoft Bob, contributed $852,167 to the 2008 Obama campaign... chief Steve Ballmer proclaimed an everlasting "Windows Era" as the software giant's board easily won re-election at an annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. Ballmer along with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings and six others saw their positions on the Microsoft board secured with more than 92 percent of votes cast by investors. In response to a question from a stockholder, Ballmer downplayed the notion of a "post PC-era" marked by smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices supplanting desktop or laptop machines powered by Microsoft Windows software. "We are in the Windows Era," Ballmer said. "We were, we are, and we always will be." While the types of computing devices people use evolves so does Windows, he said regarding the operating software at the heart of Microsoft's empire. "One of the remarkable things about Windows over the years is that is has adapted," Ballmer said. "It will be a tablet machine; a reading machine, and a note-taking machine," he said. "We are going to have to push Windows into more form factors." Posted by: Fred 2011-11-17 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=333555 |