Where will the Microsoft brand name head now that Charmian Bill is going off into the sunset? This is serious question for all of us, smartphones or no. Still, the future of Microsoft will touch the world of handhelds and netbooks as well as the next revolutionary techie breakthrough product. InfoWorld has a good article on five possible scenarios in the years ahead. "It's been six months since Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, though he remains an adviser, and the Redmond giant is chugging away as if business were usual. Work continues on Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Windows Mobile 6.5, the Azure cloud development platform, and so on. The path looks to be unchanged. But that stability may be misleading. In its 33 years, Microsoft has extended its quest to turn every PC into a mainframe and to make Windows the center of the information and technology worlds. It's come close, but there are strong signs that the Microsoft era, at least in the Gates mold, may be ending." Read it all after the jump.
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Holiday Question: What future is in store for Microsoft?
Where will the Microsoft brand name head now that Charmian Bill is going off into the sunset? This is serious question for all of us, smartphones or no. Still, the future of Microsoft will touch the world of handhelds and netbooks as well as the next revolutionary techie breakthrough product. InfoWorld has a good article on five possible scenarios in the years ahead. "It's been six months since Bill Gates retired from Microsoft, though he remains an adviser, and the Redmond giant is chugging away as if business were usual. Work continues on Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Windows Mobile 6.5, the Azure cloud development platform, and so on. The path looks to be unchanged. But that stability may be misleading. In its 33 years, Microsoft has extended its quest to turn every PC into a mainframe and to make Windows the center of the information and technology worlds. It's come close, but there are strong signs that the Microsoft era, at least in the Gates mold, may be ending." Read it all after the jump.