"It feels a lot to me like when we were arguing over ethernet and token ring -- for the average user, it doesn’t really matter which we end up with as long as i

"It feels a lot to me like when we were arguing over ethernet and token ring -- for the average user, it doesn’t really matter which we end up with as long as in the end it’s all interoperable. What’s different is that there is more at stake" These big debates seem to be so critically important only from perspective of today. I'm pretty sure that people arguing about technology are always convinced that their discussion and goals are crucial for the future. But from the perspective of time they aren't because the world and technology keep going forward and once strategical debate comes out as just another milestone.