THe basis of this is that future computing will outclass general purpose computers such that they aren't useful. Moore's law is reaching the end. We are alread

THe basis of this is that future computing will outclass general purpose computers such that they aren't useful. Moore's law is reaching the end. We are already at the point that most computers from 10 years ago are perfectly adequate. If this were the situation in 1998 before the Gigahertz wars, then we'd be in trouble.