Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Spam, security and getting high-tech devices to communicate with each other are among the major challenges for the technology world, Microsoft's Bill Gates said at the annual Comdex technology convention.
For the 20th year, Gates, chairman and chief software architect of the Seattle-based software company, presented the keynote address at Comdex.
He told an audience of about 7,000 in Las Vegas that development has started on the next generation of Windows, code named "Longhorn."
"Longhorn is a very ambitious piece of work," Gates said.
"We're not even giving you a time-frame. In fact, a lot of people who got the prototype code said, 'Hey this looks pretty good. Gee, you must be close to getting this done.' Because of all the integration and the extreme high level of quality, there's still quite a bit to be done."
Gates also said both technology and legal efforts may help curb spam, the unsolicited e-mails that clog inboxes and create headaches for Information Technology departments.
He said Microsoft is using a tool called Smart Screen to determine the difference between legitimate mail and spam.
"So Smart Screen is going to be in every mail thing we do, MSN, Hotmail, in Outlook: So that's a very big step forward there," he said.
By: DocMemory
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