Gordon Bell analyzed [0] computing markets decades ago and found that a market forms around a new computing class roughly every 10 years. If we mark today's sma

Gordon Bell analyzed [0] computing markets decades ago and found that a market forms around a new computing class roughly every 10 years. If we mark today's smartphone as the most recent market, we should expect another major platform market to open up very soon. My guess is that it will be a hybrid platform, combining resources over the network. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_law_of_computer_classes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%27s_law_of_computer_cla... Here is a keynote Gordon gave discussing some of his analyses: https://youtu.be/Z-4X6dkESEk https://youtu.be/Z-4X6dkESEk