Just now, an Email arrived here from Steve himself (it was send to the Executive Newsletter from Microsoft) introducing the Launch of Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007.
In there, he points out that "We still rely too much on paper documents to share ideas" and that "During the next decade, the world's information will be digitized."
Sounds pretty much like the Paperless Office that was created in an Article of the Business Week in 1975.
So, back to the Mail.
Also there are some common "mistakes" in there, what people like Michael Arrington would never write in an press paper, like, that Exchange and Sharepoint 2007 will "revolutionize the way people work in teams" or to call them "groundbreaking products"
Let's grab some facts about the Mail:
.)"Windows powers 845 million computers"
.)"Office is used by more than 450 million people"
.)"We spend an average of 14.5 hours per week reading and answering email"
.)"the time we spend looking for and analyzing information costs companies $28,000 per employee per year"
.) And that this has Doubled in the last 5 Years
.) more than 5 million Beta Downloads of the 3 products where done
.) "Industry analysts expect that in 2007 alone, these products will generate more than $250 billion in revenue for our partners."
.) "During the coming year, we'll introduce new innovations such as unified communications including voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)" <-- eh, do they mean to "invent" VoIP next year? did I miss here something?
Also, he writes that they focused on 4 Aeras:
Simplifying how people work together
Finding information and improving business insight
Helping to protect and manage content
Increasing security and reducing IT costs
That was in short the Information in that mail.
Seems like an Marketing mail for CEO's and Decision Makers to buy these Products. Nice to read. Thanks Steve.
the Email can be read online.
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2006/11-30businessvalue.mspx