Michael LoBue writes: The title of this post may seem like a blinding glimpse at the obvious, but Microsoft’s CEO Steve Balmer told InformationWeek’s John Foley on October 3rd that he believes that Windows 7 Enterprise will contribute to innovation and productivity but he can't back it up! Could it be that the largest software company in the world doesn't have a "productivity model" for their products? The same ones that they claim are essential to growing the world's economy!
InformationWeek: One of the things your 'new efficiency' message implies is that businesses can drive through this economy by investing in IT, which is kind of a bold statement.
Ballmer: I do believe that very strongly. It may not be the only answer, but at the end of the day the only way for the economy to grow isn't going to be from debt, it's going to be from productivity and innovation. If you look at the source is of innovation in many industries, IT is fundamental. It's fundamental to new exploration, new invention, new science. IT is a fundamental part of the innovation process, so I think it part of the new efficiency in that sense. And certainly from a productivity perspective, the only provable source of systemic productivity gains in the world economy over the last 30 years has come from IT.
Maybe MS has to loose a little more market share to realize they should be a bit more deterministic around innovation and productivity with their products.
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