Bill Gates: the future of the press will be digital

Posted by Manuel Mantilla on March 22, 2007 at 10:40 AM

The president of Microsoft, Bill Gates, announced last week serious problems and risks for the future of printed press because of the digital revolution.

“50 years ago the printed press did not have any risks. Today, everybody has to innovate to become well adapted to the digital era”, said Gates at the “Inter American Society of Press” (SIP) meeting in Columbia.

Gates predicted deep changes in the next decade. The digital revolution is a real fact and not a 3-year fad. The technological innovations are in the market and they will need more time to be effective and generalized in the society.

The young people about 14 years old will be part of this information and digital revolution. “They will have a different way of thinking”. For this reason, information, education, commerce, and social life will be different and be importantly influenced by the internet and digital world.

Video games won’t be the only things to be interactive. Conferences, advertising and business will be influenced by this new trend.

Although at this moment the technological innovations are moving to improve the reading of digital newspapers, digital books, and more, Gates recognized that it is going to be difficult for digital products to match the experience of printed products.

Source: eltiempo.com

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