Simon, Thanks for the
Simon,
Thanks for the pointer. Reminds me of the "sticky bit" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bit).
Sean
Anonymous, Mea culpa. Both
Anonymous,
Mea culpa. Both fixes will be applied.
Sean
Superboreen, Yes, I think
Superboreen,
Yes, I think gmail is a good example of re-intermediation with spam-removal as one of the value adds.
Sean
The mobile carrier dimension
The mobile carrier dimension is an interesting one for where "laptops/notebooks" are headed. The established players - both in OS and h/w terms - are making smaller and lighter machines but the mobile people are coming at it from the other direction : making "phones" bigger and better to basically encompass common PC tasks.
Then there are the dark horses : the e-book reader manufacturers...
Sean
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Lucian, I suspect that you
Lucian,
I suspect that you are right. Nature/fate/accident has found a way to allow us to deal with higher levels of complexity. I'd love to have been in a position to ask Herbert Simon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Simon) his opinion. I remember reading a book of his - The architecture of complexity which argues for hierarchy being the timeless route to complexity management.
The internet is fascinating in that the one thing is most certainly is *not*, is hierarchical!
Sean