Gates on Windows' future: More

In an interview with CNET News.com, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates strongly hinted that antivirus technology would wind up in future versions of the company's Windows operating system. If it happens, it would follow the pattern Microsoft established years ago. But might it also raise eyebrows in Washington, D.C.? Stay tuned.

"People used to buy TCP/IP stacks. People used to buy basic backup software. People used to buy fonts. At least nominally, people paid for browsers...When you come into the world of software, you know that if you are up at a higher level and you have something superimportant, it's going to move down, down, down and eventually be part of every copy of the operating system if it is something superimportant." To read the full interview, click here.

[Earl Benser]

Ah yes, Innovation....

Let other people identify and define the need, develop the
optimal response, establish the user market, and then Ol' Bill will
just innovate it into Windows. Damn, just like a broken record....

[Andrew J Glina]

As opposed to...

How is Apple, Linux, Palm OS and even phones any different? People expect more for their money. Apple includes almost all (all if they included AppleWorks) software that the average Joe needs, Linux fills up entire DVDs with extras, and Palm OS and phones include software such as voice recorders, browsers and photo viewers as standard. Why is Microsoft wrong to do the same?