Bill Gates: Tech in a time of trouble
The World In | at | by Mike
Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman and chief software architect, predicts that companies will look even more closely at the benefits of digital technology during a recession
In the wake of the dotcom meltdown and terrorist attacks, and among 2002's economic miseries, all the excitement about the personal computer and Internet revolution of the 1990s can seem like a distant memory. While the enthusiasm over the digital revolution has been overshadowed by recent events, its significance has not. The phenomenon that made digital technology an essential part of the workplace, home and classroom is not subject to fashion. The digital future is more important than ever.