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Microsoft's Ozzie: We want software to adapt to the Web
Created: 11/09/2006
Video description: From the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco: Microsoft's chief software architect talks with event organizer John Battelle about why the release of Vista in the Web 2.0 era differs from the Windows XP release. He also addresses how his company is geared toward releasing software that has the Web in mind.

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