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The PC revolution is regressing too. We're going back to mainframes and jailed devices.
by api 14y ago
The PC revolution is regressing too. We're going back to mainframes and jailed devices.
- ryanholiday 14y agoGood point. Not exactly my area of expertise but I should have used that as an example.
- squozzer 14y agoPardon my naivete (and disregard for proper accent usage), but I wonder how much Google would accept for their reader service.
- ryanholiday 14y agoWe saw this with Delicious though. Some rich guys bought it...and made it unusable.
- crag 14y agoWe never left the mainframe. The bubble did but not the rest of the world. Most fortune 1000 companies still have active mainframe installations running. And so do most governments. What has happen is computer power has become much more accessible. No more time sharing. No more Comdisco. No more running down the hall to pick up your printed materials. And no more 1m+ price tag (unless you need it). The mainframe is no longer the front and back ends (which is was). Now it's just the back end - running huge data stores. In other words, it's perfect for the cloud (which by the way, is also nothing new). The computer industry isn't regressive; it's circular. So is fashion, by the way. Oh and Hollywood and - well you get my point.