Hiep hiep hoera! Microsoft viert haar 25ste verjaardag, zo meldt WinInformant. Voor deze grote gebeurtenis zijn 20.000 medewerkers van het bedrijf bij elkaar gekomen, onder andere voor een toespraak van oprichter Bill Gates. In dit verhaaltje is hij niet echt bescheiden, maar schept enorm op over zijn bedrijf. 'Ondanks het enorme succes in de afgelopen 25 jaar zal de toekomst nog beter zijn', is wat de ex-topman te melden heeft:
Microsoft celebrated its 25th anniversary this week with a call to action from executives Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, who charged employees with making the next 25 years "even more innovative and exciting" than the first 25. At an all-day event held Tuesday, Gates and Ballmer highlighted the successes of the past two and half decades and discussed their plans for the future. "Back in 1975, Paul Allen and I saw the potential to turn a hobbyist's personal computer into a device that would revolutionize the world," Gates told the 20,000 Microsoft employees who gathered for the event.
"In 25 years, we've accomplished a lot of things people said were impossible and we've shattered every myth about what the PC can do. But stand back, because the best is yet to come. I'm confident that we'll have even more impressive things to remember in our 50th year. We've got the people and the skills to make it happen, and we're just as passionate today about technology as we were back in 1975."[break]Wat betreft de toekomst kon uiteraard het nu al legendarische .NET niet ontbreken. Volgens Bill Gates is dit nog de grootste succesmogelijkheid die Microsoft heeft. Het zal de computerwereld drastisch veranderen, als we hem mogen geloven:[/break]"As we look ahead, we must deliver on the promise of Microsoft .NET, which is our biggest opportunity yet," Ballmer says. ".NET will change computing as dramatically as any development since the PC generation began. Over the next few years, we've got our work cut out for us in creating and enabling .NET. But we've got a clear road map, an unparalleled product line, fantastic leaders and incredible employees. It's our employees - doing the best work of their lives, creating breakthrough innovations and revolutionary software - who will make that happen."
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