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images/news/microsoft.jpgDelivering his first keynote at CeBIT, Ballmer played the visionary role of Microsoft’s outgoing number one through outlining the next five years of computing.
He said fundamental change to how all computers are used would be central to the “fifth computer revolution”, thanks to enormous capacity and almost endless memory.
Pointing to the already-trumpeted Surface Computer, Ballmer said smart interfaces would make paper a thing of the past, either in computer revolution five or in six.
“I have witnessed four computer revolutions in my 28 years in the computer industry”, he explained
In the first revolution, PCs became products for the general public. The next milestones were the development of graphical user interfaces, the rise of the internet, and recently the interactive Web 2.0.
Ballmer said that the fourth revolution, Web 2.0, began in 2002, the last time he was in Hanover for the IT fair, which he hailed on Monday as the “most important” in the world.
“If this seven-year rhythm continues, then we are now at the end of the fourth revolution and at the beginning of the fifth.
“High-speed connections are everywhere, and systems can be operated with voice and gesture input,” he said of the near future.
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He said fundamental change to how all computers are used would be central to the “fifth computer revolution”, thanks to enormous capacity and almost endless memory.
Pointing to the already-trumpeted Surface Computer, Ballmer said smart interfaces would make paper a thing of the past, either in computer revolution five or in six.
“I have witnessed four computer revolutions in my 28 years in the computer industry”, he explained
In the first revolution, PCs became products for the general public. The next milestones were the development of graphical user interfaces, the rise of the internet, and recently the interactive Web 2.0.
Ballmer said that the fourth revolution, Web 2.0, began in 2002, the last time he was in Hanover for the IT fair, which he hailed on Monday as the “most important” in the world.
“If this seven-year rhythm continues, then we are now at the end of the fourth revolution and at the beginning of the fifth.
“High-speed connections are everywhere, and systems can be operated with voice and gesture input,” he said of the near future.
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