Microsoft’s Future, Beyond Windows 7 and the PC - NYTimes.com

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Executives at Microsoft talk in far more pragmatic terms. Slick laptops, cloud services and fancy cellphones all play into its strengths of making software that hundreds of millions of people can use. The trends come and go, but Microsoft’s reach and ability to play on the grandest scale remain constant.

“We can never become complacent, because just when the services transformation has gotten to this point, the next transformation comes,” Mr. Ozzie says. “That’s the way our company works.”

Microsoft’s Future, Beyond Windows 7 and the PC - NYTimes.com