The only currently running software that will be running in 100 years will be Win XP, IE 6, and the corporate apps that depend on them. In 10,000 years, assumi

The only currently running software that will be running in 100 years will be Win XP, IE 6, and the corporate apps that depend on them. In 10,000 years, assuming we're still around and society and technology have progressed mostly continuously, I don't think the idea of a single piece of software will have survived. Except for your physical interaction with yourself and others, every aspect of your existence in society will be data, and the global system that moves it around. You won't need a "note taker," because everything you do for your entire life will be recorded, and available to you[1], corporations or their replacements, and governments or their replacements. [1] And when I said "you" I supposed I also should have added "or our replacements."