The nightmare that keeps Microsoft awake is that the idea of "the desktop" might become irrelevant. While the metaphor was useful in its day, the trend-setters

The nightmare that keeps Microsoft awake is that the idea of "the desktop" might become irrelevant. While the metaphor was useful in its day, the trend-setters I encounter (who are not programmers) seem far more concerned with new notions of "presence," they view my focus on controlling my own little world as quaint, and they resent being tied to any particular device.