'Of Course We Are In a Post-PC World,' Says Ray Ozzie 399
An anonymous reader writes "Speaking at a tech conference in Seattle this week, former Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie had some interesting things to say about the state of the computing industry. 'People argue about "are we in a post-PC world?" Why are we arguing? Of course we are in a post-PC world. That doesn't mean the PC dies, that just means that the scenarios that we use them in, we stop referring to them as PCs, we refer to them as other things.' Ozzie also thinks Microsoft's future as a company is strongly tied to Windows 8's reception. 'If Windows 8 shifts in a form that people really want to buy the product, the company will have a great future. ... It's a world of phones and pads and devices of all kinds, and our interests in general purpose computing — or desktop computing — starts to wane and people start doing the same things and more in other scenarios.'"
A Brave New World (Score:5, Funny)
of greasy fingerprints.
Ruhroh (Score:5, Funny)
"Ozzie also thinks Microsoft's future as a company is strongly tied to Windows 8's reception."
They're doomed.
Re:A Brave New World (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You can have my PC (Score:5, Funny)
If you are holding your PC in your arms maybe you should be considering something else after all.
Re:Ruhroh (Score:2, Funny)
I don't know... I kinda like Windows 8. It's not a bad OS and it's actually a real step forward for the company and the OS in general.
Re:A Brave New World (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, they keep getting stuck in the rotor blades...
Re:A Brave New World (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ruhroh (Score:4, Funny)
Wait, wait, wait. Hooking things up to other things? That's totally mind blowing! I mean, I saw one of these smart phones for dum people and sure, I laughed but the idea that you could hook something in to change how you use a device, my god, that's geinus!
Re:A Brave New World (Score:5, Funny)
You don't have a small kid, do you?