Expect an ICQ clone shortly from the company as it targets AOL with Neptune. At the time, we were all told that this was the way things were going to go. I was skeptical based on the number of layers deep the shell seemed. There was DOS, then Windows on top of that, then the Windows executive, then the HTML layer. It's possible that Neptune has actually cut through the morass to the point where a top-level HTML shell could work, or at least work by 2002, when processors are running at 2 gigahertz or faster.
Current processors run at about one-quarter that speed.
Today's PC is relatively error prone, difficult to use, and available in unexciting designs, he admitted. Ballmer also demonstrated a 3D User Interface concept the company is working on, featuring a pulsing cursor and a desktop interface resembling a three-dimensional room. A new Microsoft mouse is intended for use with this 3D interface. Next, select something that corresponds to that step from the Web sites above, or from one of your own choosing. Your subject may concern operating systems, applications, utility programs, Web authoring, or large-scale database or enterprise systems.