Microsoft founder Bill Gates says the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month is ``a very exciting new product'' and ``a very big deal'' for the world's largest software maker.
Gates said in an interview on Thursday that he's already using Windows 8 ``and I'm very pleased with it.''
He said it has ``a lot of new form factors, a lot of touch, a lot of new applications.''
``Hardware partners are doing great things to take advantage of the features,'' Gates said. ``It'll be a big deal.''
Microsoft Corp. will release the major overhaul of Windows on Oct. 26 along with a new version of Internet Explorer.
Gates responded to a question about Windows 8 during an AP interview on a new global campaign to eradicate polio.
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