[Am-info] Bill Gates show loses its lustre

[Erick Andrews]

Microsoft is 'dogged' about innovation.  See:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,842558,00.html

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The Microsoft boss usually puts on quite a performance when he
opens the Comdex computer show. But this year's keynote,
delivered last night, fell flat. 

Jack Schofield in Las Vegas
Monday November 18, 2002 

For one day a year, the hottest ticket in Las Vegas is not for a pop star or sporting event
but for a computer geek - when Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates gives the opening
keynote speech for Comdex, the giant computer trade show. 

Last night more than 10,000 people crammed into the MGM Garden Arena, many of them
hoping for something that would revive the depressed IT industry. Instead, they got what
was largely an extended Microsoft commercial.

[...]

Gates did, as expected, unveil Microsoft Spot, or Smart Personal Object Technology. This
is based on the idea of personalising electronics devices. A smart alarm clock, for
example, could know your schedule and collect appropriate information. 

If you were flying to Microsoft's home town of Seattle -- the example demonstrated -- it
could check the weather, traffic conditions and flight times. A Spot-based alarm is
expected to go on sale next year, but the whole idea could turn out to be a dog.

[...]

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Erick Andrews