Hardware and software developers should focus on computing architectures that reflect the fact that "access anywhere" computing is no longer limited to users in developed countries, according to Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer.
There are about 1 billion people on the planet with high disposable incomes and about 2 billion with enough disposable income to have access to personal computing devices, Mundie said. However, another 3 billion lack the disposable income to take advantage of current computing technology but will be the target of new services that will take advantage of low-cost technology, such as mobile phones with the power of a PC, he said.
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