The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
The company is also looking to exploit some of the user interface changes delivered in Windows 7 in future releases of Pronto-Xi. These include alterations to the task bar and menus, and the way Windows 7 moves certain functions into the background. "We've pushed Pronto in the same direction," he said.
Pronto began its internal trial of Windows 7 in August, starting with the release candidate and then the release to manufacture version. The trial involves somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of staff, drawn from various areas within the company.
"So far, so good," observed Gates, even though the participants vary in terms of technical expertise and using desktop and notebook systems with a variety of specifications and vintages.
Windows 7 is behaving well, and user acceptance is high.
The company plans a gradual move to Windows 7. For the last couple of months, all new users have been put straight onto the new OS, and others will be migrated as their hardware is replaced on the usual three-year cycle or following a catastrophic failure.
Gates suggests organisations running Vista should move to Windows 7 as soon as possible, at it resolves several annoying issues in that operating system (including those relating to VPNs, UAC, and multiple monitors).
"Vista was not perceived as being good for businesses," he said. "It was like [Windows] Me all over again."
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