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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Geer)
Fri Jul 23 23:31:53 1999
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 23:31:10 -0400
From: geer@world.std.com (Dan Geer)
Message-Id: <199907240331.AA07971@world.std.com>
To: zephyr@MIT.EDU
MICROSOFT BROADENS VISION STATEMENT BEYOND PC'S
Microsoft is preparing for a future dominated by non-PC
technologies such as Internet services and handheld computing.
To reflect its change in attitude, the company has adjusted its
vision statement to "Empower people through great software
anytime, anyplace, and on any device." The company has already
begun to expand its Internet services, most notably with a new
instant messaging service to compete with America Online. The
MSN Messenger Service allows users to instantly communicate
online with other members of the service, as well as with AOL
users. Microsoft will also focus on overtaking 3Com's Palm
division in handheld services. Yet Microsoft has not abandoned
PCs; instead, it plans to expand their capabilities. The company
is suggesting to PC makers that telephone services become common
among computers next year. Microsoft has also set two major
goals: to develop an Internet-oriented platform for software that
harnesses both the power of PCs and networked server machines,
and to offer greater interaction between computers and users by
allowing computers to recognize visual and audio cues.
(Wall Street Journal 07/23/99)
