64 bits is the future, says Gates

MICROSOFT'S King of the World, His Royal Excellency the Most Supreme Sir William Gates III, has read the grounds of a particularly foaming cup of cap and concluded that the world will be set on fire by 64 bit systems.

Speaking at the keynote speech at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Sir William said that 64-bit computing, together with the newest versions of Vole's operating system, will ignite an era of industry-wide innovation.

According to Bewsfactor, he said that the next version of Shorthorn will put more of the power of 64 bit computing to work for ordinary people

He said that Longhorn, and the new x64 bit versions of Windows, are the best foundation for "a new generation of faster, more powerful hardware and software that expands the possibilities for computing and transforms the way we work and play." Sir William declared that 64 bit will be the mainstream for both client and server systems by the end of 2006, which is coincidently when Longhorn will actually hit the shops.

He rattled off all the usual specs of Longhorn, but not once did he explain who was penning the software that would run all this wonderful 64 bit stuff. µ