The founder of teh software giant of corporation Microsoft Bill Gates has informed on the intention to leave a post of the chief of the company and also has shared forecasts about the future of the computer industry. Bill Gates will leave his post of chief Microsoft in July, 2008 on what it has informed in program speech at an exhibition of high technologies CES 2008 in Las Vegas.

After leaving from a post of chief Microsoft Bill Gates plans to concentrate the efforts to the charities connected with formation and public health services, informs NewsFactor. " For the first time at me there will be a free time ", - Bill Gates who also has presented gathered the videoclip executed in the playful form about "last" working day has declared.

Within the limits of the performance Bill Gates has shared the forecasts about the near future of the computer industry, having declared, that users of personal computers will shortly not require such habitual devices, as "mouse" and the keyboard.

Chief of Microsoft has named the next decade " a digital era " during which greater rates will occur development of technologies of creation of mobile phones, TV and cars of new generation with which can be operated one contact or a voice, informs The Times.

" The first digital decade was very successful, but it only the beginning. To us nothing prevents to accelerate development and even more actively to introduce hi-tech development in the second digital decade ", - Bill Gates has noted.