Interesting, but its gets even more bizarre. FORTRAN language was invented in the early days of computing on the theory that the modern, hyper-trained business executive would sit alone at his desk speaking plain English to his vast, powerful mainframe, and a virtual people-free set of plants, transportation networks, distribution points, etc., would deliver product right from him to his millions of customers (Whomever they were supposed to be-maybe other computers).
Today, of course, few with any interest in the history of computing are willing to admit that such a scenario was ever seriously considered. Decades later, the WEB was supposed to cause a very similar world.
These innovations-in the wake of WWII through the present-have, and will most definitely continue, to change our world in comprehensive ways. But we cannot know what is coming, nor whether it is a happier world or a living Hell. We just have to wait and see. SUNW is a well-managed company surviving in a difficult world and making decisions for an unknown future. I am here because McNealy has proven he can do that better than IBM, MSFT or INTC, and will likely continue to do so. Predictions of his demise are message board pranks... |
