a seamless weaving of hardware, software and devices.

Services-enabled software really is going to change the nature of how almost everyone uses technology, from consumers to small businesses to enterprises, ... in different forms and at different paces.

I believe that the enterprise software industry is at a crossroads.

In its simplest form, the clipboard enabled the user to simply grasp the concept of moving a copy of the information from one application to another. Simply stated, I'd like to extend the clipboard user model to the web.

We will design and license Windows and our Internet-based services as separate products, so customers can choose Windows with or without Microsoft's services, ... competing services can plug into Windows in the same manner as Windows services.

There will be very few companies who have that scale to build that infrastructure.