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The iPad Caps It Off – What’s Next ?
by Andrew McCaskey
If anyone is doubting that there are tablet computing as a form factor in their future, you might want to consider that you have two out of the big three with clear device plans already announced, and the Microsoft world moving rapidly in the direction, as well – although in not quite so elegant a manner.
O’Reilly and a number of others have noted the passing of the “hacker” phase of computing – noting that the good old days are rapidly coming to an end. The analogy they drew was right out of the automobile business – which until the 1970′s were part and parcel of the shade tree mechanic – with the ability to learn by doing, tearing apart and replacing and repairing – a direct unbroken line of tinkerers stretching back to the beginnings of the automobile eighty years before.
The Techcrunch Article said ” the iPad is the computer for my Mom – the first where the end user will not be concerned about OS updates, grabbing the right drivers, editing a config file or some such task.
THose of us who have spent the few decades in the middle of all this – flipping bits in S100 days, or stories of the 4-400′s run ‘em red and talk ‘em white might find it hard to fathom – but that value prop is a lot more attractive to a lot more people than the things we have found valuable and challenging.
A lot of people have strived to get to this point for a long time. Now that it’s almost here.. what’s the next big thing ? It’s going to have to be huge to beat the last two.
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