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The memo is extremely vague about what it is predicting. It's basically agreeing with Sun ("the network is the computer" (c) 1984) / Larry Ellison ("Network Computer") / etc. - that something networked will outflank PCs.

But that's a prediction heavily dependent on timing (both those concepts failed to take off) and IMO misses what actually got the next generation of computing to take off (wireless networking, high-res screens and capacitive touch) and it also misses what is the main thrust of the next generation, mobility rather than connectedness.



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