La era “Gates” agoniza, y el responsable de marcar el nuevo rumbo que tomará Microsoft es Ray Ozzie. He aquí una entrevista muy interesante sobre su visión del software conectado (SaaS). Cito la introducción del editor, pero el artículo completo está disponible aquí:

Ray Ozzie has a long and storied history of technological innovation, with accomplishments that include creating Lotus Notes and founding Groove Networks. But Ozzie may now be facing the most daunting challenge of his career: coordinating the work of Microsoft’s various product groups to keep the world’s largest software company agile enough to address the challenge of the next generation of Internet-enabled software. ()…

But Ozzie’s soft-spoken Midwestern gentility and nuanced view of the world may be just what is needed to work across Microsoft’s various product groups. Without direct management authority for many of these units, he will have to lead indirectly, by communicating his vision of the future of networked computing. He will have to do what he’s been focusing on for most of his career — using technology to connect with others.