Microsoft plans a new strategy for the Internet

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Under the Next Generation Windows Services program, Microsoft plans to offer Windows software applications to users over the Web. As ways of connecting to the Web evolve, and the means for doing so expands from a PC desktop to a wide variety of devices, Microsoft seeks to change with the times. Autos, handheld devices, home appliances, stereos, cell phones: all of these are providing consumers with interfaces to access information. Microsoft wants to apply its application program interface to the Internet user experience. And consumers will be able to transfer their familiar Windows PC desktop experience to new devices.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Online services, Internet services

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Critic sees flaws in Microsoft's strategy; an influential scientist calls focus on Web browsing a mistake

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David Gelernter contends Microsoft is again following market trends rather than leading. Microsoft's current strategy sees applications migrating to the Web from desktop computers. The company would then still supply browsing-type software to users and network software to service providers. Mr. Gelernter argues that this model leaves large amounts of computing power, residing in the desktop, underutilized. Distributed processing, where many PCs connected to each other over the Internet, is a way to tap into this resevoir of computing time. Experts concede that, over the long term, the distributed processing model is likely to suceed over centralized and decentralized computing systems.

Usage, Quotations, Distributed processing (Computers), Distributed computing, Gelernter, David

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Old-line giant works to shape post-PC world

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Microsoft Corp.'s plans for the future include a shift toward an Internet operating system rather than a system connecting only desktop PCs. Bill Gates unveiled his company's new .Net strategy for a global system of Internet-connected computers, but little explanation of the new strategy or its intended implementation has been forthcoming.

Management, Gates, Bill

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