Microsoft's vision of tomorrow sparks wonder, fear
eWeek | at | by Mike
A visit to Microsoft's Center for Information Work shows David Coursey that the company's vision of the future forgets one key element: people. I have seen Microsoft's vision of tomorrow, and it both frightens and amazes me. Not long ago, I was in Redmond and had occasion to visit Microsoft's Center for Information Work, a demonstration facility that's part of the company's executive briefing center. CIW is not open to the public.
CIW demonstrates a collection of forward-looking technology-mostly from Microsoft Research, but also from a number of (mostly hardware) partners. Most of what I saw there was just for show-nothing at CIW was a "real" product, though some certainly have the potential to be.