I do have to comment. This past weekend was the 30th anniversary of the first personal computer. Invented by a 'skunkworks' team at IBM, this demonstrated that amazing things can happen when you have talented people, funding and the ability to make decisions. (Dr. David Bradley was interviewed on NPR)
This invention set our society on a remarkable trajectory that has morphed from a pure office-based-desktop environment to any-place-any-time-any-where.
The anniversay was celebrated in lack luster fashion...but not as the homage to a device. It is more about the progress of invention, not that the PC is another discard of technology. It's rather that it was the path to new and more nible devices that have given us freedom to be virtual and the sentence of being always available.
I believe that we have officially made the transition from fixed-assets to pure information. We can get the information, education, IP and conversation we desire regardless of device.
It is not a pleasant situation to be in as a PC manufacturer. One would hope that they have diversified, extended their portfolios - have tablets in market.
It does show our evolution. We haven't held on to the PC as the only vestage of computing. It's not like our dependency on oil for cars. In a way - it's very cool.
An area of concern would be for those that cannot due to their economic status or financial capabilities make the move; however long term it appears that these devices will cost less and give more people access. It is access that is critical - not the device.
How wonderful - I'm excited to think what the next 30 years will bring...OK - -I'm still holding out for flying cars and Rosie the maid robots. A girl can dream, can't she ?
All my best,
K
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