Microsoft gets outside the box with software
C|Net | at | by Mike
A decade ago, Bill Gates and other executives at Microsoft decided that traditional packaged software was dead--all software would eventually be delivered via the Internet. Microsoft's thinking was premature, but not necessarily incorrect, Gates told CNET News.com last week. "Like many things around the Internet that were predicted to happen quickly, they're not wrong, they're simply things that take more time," Gates said in a recent interview.