Gates preaches 'digital decade' vision
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Bill Gates, Microsoft's chief software architect and co-founder, preached an upbeat vision of technology in a keynote speech here Friday evening. Speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology's 50th Anniversary Celebration gathering, Gates said people within this decade will be doing more things digitally.
"The vision that we have is the digital decade," Gates said.
In the year 2000 the number of people who used digital approaches was quite small, with tasks such as dealing with photos, taking notes, and organizing music all being done without computer technology, Gates said.
"Most things were not done on a digital basis. Our belief is by the end of this decade, that will change," Gates said.