Microsoft's Home Server Arrives -- Almost
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:17 pm
Microsoft's Home Server Arrives -- Almost
By Stuart J. Johnston
Microsoft and its chairman, Bill Gates, have had a vision of a totally interconnected world for nearly two decades – ever since Gates presented his now fabled "Information at Your Fingertips" speech and video at Comdex Fall 1990 in Las Vegas.
Many of Gates' predictions – ubiquitous e-mail and online access, wireless connectivity for devices, tablet computing, unified communications, broadband, and other parts of his "digital lifestyle" vision – have come to pass – if not all the way he originally envisioned them. (For instance, Microsoft initially missed the Internet's importance, preferring instead to pursue online access via its then proprietary Microsoft Network or MSN service.)
This week, one long-awaited piece of its strategy for the connected home is finally falling into place. The company announced it is shipping Windows Home Server.
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By Stuart J. Johnston
Microsoft and its chairman, Bill Gates, have had a vision of a totally interconnected world for nearly two decades – ever since Gates presented his now fabled "Information at Your Fingertips" speech and video at Comdex Fall 1990 in Las Vegas.
Many of Gates' predictions – ubiquitous e-mail and online access, wireless connectivity for devices, tablet computing, unified communications, broadband, and other parts of his "digital lifestyle" vision – have come to pass – if not all the way he originally envisioned them. (For instance, Microsoft initially missed the Internet's importance, preferring instead to pursue online access via its then proprietary Microsoft Network or MSN service.)
This week, one long-awaited piece of its strategy for the connected home is finally falling into place. The company announced it is shipping Windows Home Server.
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