![]() Yes, there are still efforts going on, but the look and feel seems to have been locked in concrete, with most competitors releasing “me-too” products rather than real innovation. Microsoft’s Borg-like domination of the planet has extinguished innovation in the core areas of word processing, spreadsheets, personal data bases, and email. Reality, as some others have observed, is a bitch. I can simplify this into two phases – anticipation and reality.Īnticipation is wonderful because it is unconstrained by reality. Gartner has what they call the hype-cycle, the various phases that people go through when evaluating technology and its potential impact. Hard experience would indicate that this optimisim is not well founded however. ![]() I love the thrill of getting a new toy, figuring out how it works, and then spreading the news. I have an enduring optimism that things get better over time, and that the next great thing is just about to be discovered. ![]() I am one of those people who gets classified as an “early adopter”.
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