14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is one of the tech giants that has publicly congratulated the new President- and Vice-President-Elect, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, respectively, once again calling for a common push that would eventually help “make a real difference in people’s lives.”
In a long message posted by Microsoft President Brad Smith, the Redmond-based software giant acknowledges that everybody must work together to address the gaps that have been created lately in the United States.
“Election Day this year turned into a very long and tense election week, with many Americans glued to their screens anxiously awaiting the outcome. It has been commonplace to hear pundits speculate that we have seldom seemed such a divided country. If true, this also makes a different proposition even more self-evident. If we are to move forward as a nation, we must build new bridges to close the gaps that divide us,” Smith wrote.
“At Microsoft, we believe that Americans share more common ground than many pundits acknowledge, particularly when it comes to technology issues. On many of these matters, there is an opportunity to separate policies from politics so we can make a real difference in people’s lives.”
Working with the rest of the world, a priority for everybody
Microsoft’s President explained that while this day is all about the United States, the international market shouldn’t be forgotten either, as a collaboration with the rest of the world is essential for the country.
“This opportunity to build new bridges extends to the international arena as well. We live in a decade that has started with a virus that respects no border and carbon that moves in the atmosphere not just from country to country, but from continent to continent. More and more of the issues of our day require stronger collaboration between the United States and the rest of the world,” Smith wrote.
You can read the entire message published by Microsoft’s President in the box after the jump.