Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Feb 11 13:22:06 CST 2014
Hi Shamil: In the computer world things always move ten times faster than any where else... Have you seen the new prototype cell phone? http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Polytron-Technologies-Transparent-Smartphone-Release-Date-Pictures,20766.html. It reminds me of a Microsoft mini-movie. I would like to see Bill back...Microsoft needs him. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:38:04 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: Bill Gates Explains His New Role At Microsoft, Says Nadella Asked Him To “Pitch In” Hi All -- FYI: " Bill Gates Explains His New Role At Microsoft, Says Nadella Asked Him To “Pitch In” " http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/10/bill-gates-explains-his-new-role-at-microsoft-says-nadella-asked-him-to-pitch-in/ Does anybody remember a Microsoft Advertisement (sci-fi) movie, which AFAIKR was called "Microsoft 2004"? I cannot remember its release date, was that 1997 or even before? It was about 40-45 minutes long if I'm not mistaken. In that movie (inspired by that time MS's CEO Bill Gates?) one can find how technologies (very similar to smart-phones, tablets and desktops) are used for everyday tasks such as - smart-phone driven bank money transfers, - using Internet to prepare presentation by a teenager on his PC, then move it into cloud and demonstrate in the college by using his smart-phone as projector; - gaming, controller by smart-phone, - etc. That time I thought it should have taken quite a few years before that sci-fi movie came true. It's reality now. Still, I can't understand how it happened that MS having such a true technology evolution vision in the end of 90-ies missed to get into the leaders of today's mobile market... -- Салахетдинов Шамиль _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com