Microsoft has broadcast an interview with Bill Gates, the founder and leader until a few years ago of the company, in which he gives his opinion about new products such as Windows 8 o Surface, which will be presented today and will be released tomorrow. Gates believes that we are at a crucial moment in the history of the company that will most likely mark its evolution in the market over the next few years.
Today is the official day of presentation of the new operating system from Redmond, Windows 8 as well as your new tablet Microsoft Surface, and to prepare the ground, the company has published a video in which Bill Gates expresses his opinion about these developments and the future of the company in general. Whoever was its founder together with Paul Allen, he is optimistic about the new challenge, or so he says, since he affirms that the new Windows and Surface represent the perfect mix between the PC, still important and necessary, and the Tablets a sector, as we know, on the rise.
Obviously Microsoft had its market and strategy built in the PC age, and now it must ensure that it is the one who maintains the basic and valuable essence of the personal computer in today's changing computing environment, and the way is to become the reference system for those. what do you prefer a more progressive transit from one technology to another. For this reason, Gates highlights the two qualities of Windows 8, the ability to work with mouse and keyboard and with your fingers at the same time. He also believes that the application store is an important novelty and defines the new interface as "exquisite".
As for the Surface, little more of the same. Gates loves its design, that it is light and easily transportable, but also that give access to classic programs still irreplaceable, such as Microsoft Office. This new device, of course, is giving the maximum to debut on the right foot from the day of its launch. During the last weeks we have been receiving different promotional videos and this one, with an icon like Bill Gates, is still one of them, no matter how much he is no longer at the helm of the company.