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To: Fred Levine who wrote (43606)	3/13/2001 11:23:23 AM
From: mitch-c	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Fred, I remember a graph from one of the PC rags (PC Mag? Network Computing?) that plotted Moore's Law. In PC CPU capabilities (Intel/AMD), we are actually above the Moore's Law curve. The whole mad rush to Gigahertz clock speeds last year lifted us above the pure exponential baseline. I totally agree - I don't think the software (or even wetware) has kept pace with the hardware capabilities. For example, I have never owned a cell phone or pager; for me, the cost/benefit never balanced. - Mitch

To: Fred Levine who wrote (43606)	3/14/2001 10:11:19 PM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 70976

I agree. My cell phone is two years old, and I have no plans to upgrade it. My PDA is more than a year old, and I've considered and rejected the new models. I've typically upgraded my PC every two years or so, but right now I don't see a reason to get the next upgrade "on schedule." Microsoft isn't giving me any compelling reasons to buy their latest bloatware. At the same time, the nature of killer apps is that it's hard to see them coming. Who would have thought that a collaboration tool for particle physicists would spawn the Web? I don't know what the next killer app is. But transistors and storage are practically free and bandwidth is getting there. The next Bill Gates will be the person who figures out how to exploit free computing and free connectivity. Katherine