Re: The multi-billionaire needs more billions

In article <pan.2005.09.18.01.56.32.695212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Bitey
(Bitey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) dropped a +5 bundle of words...


>
> That's a growing issue as software applications become more complex. For
> instance, the first version of Word had 100 commands. The 2003 version has
> more than 1,500 commands and 35 tool bars.

35 toolbars??!!

For what?

I need to learn some fucking linux. Stat.

>
> "We need to make it easier for people to visualize information that comes
> from different directions," Gates said.
>
> The Office redesign is meant to make it easier on the eyes, with the
> myriad of menu boxes fading in and out of view depending on what tools are
> being used.
>
> Microsoft designers developed the system by tracking ? with permission
> ? every keystroke of some Office users, Charles Fitzgerald, general
> manager of Microsoft's Platform Strategy Group, said in an interview.
>
> The idea is part of an industrywide trend toward personalizing technology
> based on user habits. For example, Microsoft rival Google Inc. recently
> updated its desktop search capability to present relevant information
> based on a user's Web surfing habits.
>
> With Office 12, Microsoft also plans to focus more on how companies can
> use the software instead of servers.
>
> A new function could route a document to three successive people, allowing
> each person to automatically receive the most recently edited version when
> the last person was finished.
>
> The preview of Windows Vista showed it employing animated, thumbnail photo
> album-style displays to give users a quick look at the content of every
> application running on their system.
>
> Hovering the mouse pointer over an index of data folders automatically
> brought up a snapshot of its contents, not merely a description. A quick
> search feature is also wired into nearly every Vista application.
>
> Microsoft's last major operating system redesign ? Windows XP ? was
> plagued by security problems, forcing the company to issue numerous
> software updates to plug holes in the code that made users vulnerable to
> hackers.
>
> Gates said Vista would be easier to troubleshoot and would "avoid the
> kinds of security problems people have had." (AP)

Yeah right. It's not like Bill hasn't been saying this since win 3.1 or
anything.

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