Well, when the hardware is simpler the OS environment is (usually) simpler, and the application software will likewise end up simpler. There is no reason that o

Well, when the hardware is simpler the OS environment is (usually) simpler, and the application software will likewise end up simpler. There is no reason that one couldn't write something like VisiCalc in AMD64 ASM, and I am sure that someone somewhere has done so. The main problem is that no one today would care to use that application. We've come to want and expect far more. As a result, software is a fluid that will always expand to fill its container.