Gates enthusiastic about technology
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, known for helping to make the computer a common tool, said yesterday that new breakthroughs in information technology are on the horizon despite the economic difficulties facing the industry.
"It's an exciting time to be involved in digital software," Gates said during a speech to the Detroit Economic Club at the Cobo Center. "The same kind of excitement I had when I started Microsoft at age 17 I still have today."
Gates envisions that by the end of the decade people no longer will need pagers, mobile phones, headphones and personal digital assistants as separate devices. He said they will be incorporated into one, easy-to-use product.