Information Overload Overblown, Says Gates

Aarthi writes "Microsoft's annual CEO meet-and-greet kicked off on Thursday with the company's Chairman, Bill Gates, countering the notion that the workers today are not overloaded with information.'We still want a lot of information.' He also outlined plans for Office 12, the next version of its desktop software, which is due to arrive in the second half of next year." From the article: "There is a real temptation that the thing that comes in the latest is the one you shift your attention to, even though that may be the least important...That turns you into a filing clerk."

Comments

Re:Don't you get it?

[tbone1]

Don't you get it? This is America. Where talking out of your ass is an art form.

Odd, I thought the UN proved this to be a species-wide characteristic, not limited to one nation or ideology or race or region or religion ... although Oakland Raiders fans do seem to have a disproportionate amount.

Re:Completly OT

[mOdQuArK!]

Riiiiight...you are obviously privy to the deep geo-political calculations of the Bush administration.

I guess the blatant war profiteering and right-wing nutcase ideology was just a distraction to keep people from realizing how forward-thinking they really were.