The article was not about antitrust but about vulgarity. Like the old school vulgarity, “the speech of the common folk.” The claim is that computation right no

The article was not about antitrust but about vulgarity. Like the old school vulgarity, “the speech of the common folk.” The claim is that computation right now belongs to the nobilis and eruditus populus, and things like Excel and Hypercard that bring these things to the vulgus are pathetically limited... But, the story goes, maybe these new tools to wire a bunch of components together—payment gateways with wysiwyg website editors with email—constitute the beginning of a new world where the vulgus can also spread their wings and fly, rather than having to remain in the nest while us mature birds sail the updrafts of programming.