Johannesburg — IN THIS, its 30th year, Microsoft is determined to prove wrong analysts
who say the technology titan is facing a midlife crisis.
The global company is marking its anniversary by investing $5bn in
research and development to pump out the largest number of new technologies
and updates that is has ever produced in a single year -- if it can
deliver. This week CEO Steve Ballmer is pressing the flesh in SA for the
first time in a decade, suggesting that SA and Africa are viewed as growth
areas.
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