Gates looks toward challenges, opportunities for Windows

eWeek | at | by Mike

As Microsoft enters its third decade of Windows computing, the company's effort is focused on the move to 64-bit computing and the release of Windows Longhorn. At last week's WinHEC in Seattle, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Peter Galli to talk about 64-bit computing and what's ahead for the Windows platform in the upcoming decade.

In this, the first of a three-part series, Gates details his expectations for 64-bit computing: its challenges and opportunities.