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Information Overload Overblown, Says Gates

Posted by Zonk on from the warning-warning-does-not-compute-does-not-compute dept.

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."

2 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. Re:file clerk? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    how long is it gonna take for the rest of the world to catch up with scientology, i wonder ...

    That depends on how fast they're falling.

  2. Re:Don't you get it? by tacokill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The GP post was referring to Bill Gates. And Bill Gates is in America. It seems to me that the American-centric reference was appropriate.

    Wait, you are right. This is slashdot. All American-centric posts should be amended to be more thoughtful of our worldwide audience. Regardless of whether it is appropriate or not.