Most of the comments here seem to be focussed on the supply side. The big change that this article hints at is on the demand side. Back in the late 50's NASA a

Most of the comments here seem to be focussed on the supply side. The big change that this article hints at is on the demand side. Back in the late 50's NASA and ARPA were two of the biggest customers for computer innovation. Now we are (where we is Internet users in general, not HN readers).