http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/10/15/at-microsoft-seeking-the-next-billion-computer-users Comments for "At Microsoft, Seeking the Next Billion Computer Users" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/10/15/at-microsoft-seeking-the-next-billion-computer-users <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> October 15, 2007 - 23:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> Cnet news</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> At Microsoft, Seeking the Next Billion Computer Users</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.news.com/At-Microsoft,-seeking-the-next-billion-computer-users/2008-1014_3-6212609.html">http://www.news.com/At-Microsoft,-seeking-the-next-billion-computer-users/2008-1014_3-6212609.html</a> </div> <div class="flexinode--41"> <strong>Teaser: </strong><br /> Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer got Microsoft its first billion customers. It&#39;s Will Poole&#39;s job to get the next billion.<br class="clear" /></div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> Poole, who co-leads Microsoft&#39;s emerging-markets push, is chartered with enabling the company&#39;s goal of allowing 1 billion more people to access computing technology by 2015.<br /><br />The company has a number of efforts under way in the area, from the Starter Editions of Windows XP and Vista, to shared computers for classrooms, to research into turning a cell phone into a low-cost computer by connecting it with a large display. Poole said the last effort, which has garnered a fair bit of interest, is moving from the drawing board to reality.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2007/10/15/at-microsoft-seeking-the-next-billion-computer-users#comment Telecommunications and IT Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:36:36 -0500 Ana Escalante 4679 at http://www.nextbillion.net