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Bill Gates Talks Longhorn, Xbox 2

Microsoft Chairman Interviewed

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 01/21/2005 | 01:44 AM ]

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates recently answered a number of questions from a gadget’s weblog Gizmodo concerning the future of Microsoft, competition with Apple, plans for Longhorn, Xbox 2 and others.

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“Well, the PC is our superset device in terms of media integration. You’ll see a ton of that stuff you see on the PC, like the ability to listen to your tunes... we did some of this on Xbox 1, where you could move music over and have tracks – it wasn’t a required feature for the games. We did build in the music mixer-type stuff, but we’ll build a lot of that stuff into the base thing. We’re evolving the photo and music stuff that’s in Windows and Xbox will get some of that extra capability. So you’ll see more synergy between Windows and Xbox. And we think these portable media devices, whether they are music only or with video, will take off. So we’ll make sure that we connect up as much as we can,” Mr. Gates said.

“Well, we're very proud of the role of the PC in allowing lots of voices to exist and make them accessible. Historically, the publishing baron in the city had a very high share of voice, and they didn't even need to employ the best writers, because they had kind of the unique distribution. As more and more reading gets online, the ability to get to lots of different things, and the competition and quality that takes will be pretty amazing,” Bill Gates said praising weblogs.