While I don't entirely agree with the article, I do think that the future of manufacturing is more automated, and because of that we may see refined products fo

While I don't entirely agree with the article, I do think that the future of manufacturing is more automated, and because of that we may see refined products for specific tasks. Perhaps you could say there is a bit of 37signals mentality in having a simple, clean tool for each job rather than a multi-tasking OS. I don't see anything wrong with this, as products like the iPad would probably represent most consumers.