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Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.'s CEO, is one of the brightest people I've ever encountered in computing. His comments Monday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center certainly garnered attention: Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, Mr. Ballmer declared, will soon power a line of devices that will compete with Apple's iPad.
Though not using the "i-word," his intent is clear from what he said: "Windows 7-based slates, they'll come with keyboards, they'll come without keyboards. They'll be dockable. There will be many form factors, many price points, many sizes. But they will run Windows 7. They will run Windows 7 applications. They will run [Microsoft] Office. They will .. be verySee the full content of this document
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Steve Ballmer's Slate Dreams
good for the kinds of scenarios that all of us are going to see for knowledge workers . that want to have something that works super well at work, but also...
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