Microsoft's software is due for major changes in order to transition effectively into the era of cloud computing and mobility, the company's co-founder Bill Gates says in a Rolling Stone interview.



From Network World:

“Office and the other Microsoft assets that we built in the Nineties and kept tuning up have lasted a long time,” he says. “Now, they need more than a tune-up. But that's pretty exciting for the people inside who say, ‘We need to take a little risk and do some new stuff.’”

  Gates: Microsoft products need more than a tune-up