Microsoft sees end of Windows era

[Apple Ink]

Article Link:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7540282.stm

Microsoft has kicked off a research project to create software that will take over when it retires Windows.
The value of Microsoft Windows, of what that product is today, will diminish as more applications move to the web and Microsoft needs to edge out in front of that," he said.
"I would be surprised if there was definitive evidence that nothing like this was not kicking around," he said.
The big problem that Microsoft faced in doing away with Windows, he said, was how to re-make its business to cope.

 

[alphaod]

So the OS will be smaller more efficient when the web is more robust… so what?

 

[Apple Ink]

So the OS will be smaller more efficient when the web is more robust… so what?

lol... Thats why I brought it up! Just some laughs!

 

[Sun Baked]

The Java machine, an idea ahead of its time ... and an idea ripe for MS to steal.

Though I can see where this fits in with nobody owning SW, just renting it from MS servers.

 

[gkarris]

Ooooh, oooh, oooh....

Now you NEED the internet to boot your machine, at only $29.99/month...