BILL GATES:
Good morning. It\''s a great pleasure to be here. Today is a major
milestone for Microsoft as our
first Professional Developers Conference
here in China. The key partnerships we build with software developers
around the world are central not only to the success of Windows but
also to realize the possibility that PC technology provides. It\''s
through applications of every variety that businesses will be using the
personal computer as the tool of the Information Age.
It\''s rather amazing how fast this innovation is moving. Even to keep
the like of myself who are deeply involved in the industry to go and
see the improvement and every element that are taking place on a yearly
basis is quite fantastic. Of course one of the driving factors of this
business is the exponential increase in processor
performance. There is
no doubt that the magic of chip capability has delivered through the
advance in microprocessor allows us to think of application which never
would have been possible before.
The PC industry is one of the few industries that can deliver lower
price equipment at the same time as improving the capabilities. The
storage systems are now delivering Gigabyte of storage as the standard
capability. Over 80 million of PCs are being sold a year. And the
server market, the higher performance machines that these PCs networked
with, are the fastest growing part of this business. The performance of
those servers is increasing not only because the individual processors
are faster, but also because we are using multiple-processor machines,
so called SMP designs and clustering nodes together...
Great chips, systems developers, partners who are sponsoring this
event, making this all possible. There is an incredible
opportunity for
developers. The applications that are written today will sell to an
even larger base of machines out in the market. There is a lot that
we\''re doing to increase the work of good developers-make sure they
understand where the PC is going and how tools can help them now, more
and more marketing type of activities making sure they got in with the
customers. This is something that we are going to increase year after
year.
The overall DNS message is one about helping developers seize that
opportunity by bringing together the different architectures, making
things automatic and allowing this to be done in an evolutionary
fashion. I think it\''s a fantastic time to be developer and we
appreciate being here and look forward to the opportunity to work with
you more.thank you