Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month “a very exciting new product” and “a very big deal” for the world’s largest software maker.
Gates said that he is already using Windows 8 “and I’m very pleased with it.” Windows 8 is Microsoft’s biggest overhaul of Windows in more than a decade and the company’s attempt to stay relevant and exciting in a world where mobile gadgets have started to overshadow personal computers.
Microsoft Corp. will release Windows 8 on Oct. 26 along with a new version of Internet Explorer.
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