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A PC Pioneer Decries the State of Computing
by flynn23 at 3:36 pm EDT, Jul 12, 2004 |
] But a man like this cannot be dismissed merely because he
] occasionally creeps toward arrogance. What's much more
] important is that he does not merely complain. He has a
] vision and a team working to bring his alternate vision
] to reality. a really crappy article about a really great guy. it would've been nice to actually get more meat about what Alan is decrying. |
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RE: A PC Pioneer Decries the State of Computing
by IconoclasT at 5:41 pm EDT, Jul 12, 2004 |
flynn23 wrote:
] ] But a man like this cannot be dismissed merely because he
] ] occasionally creeps toward arrogance. What's much more
] ] important is that he does not merely complain. He has a
] ] vision and a team working to bring his alternate vision
] ] to reality.
]
] a really crappy article about a really great guy. it would've
] been nice to actually get more meat about what Alan is
] decrying. Kay is now a senior fellow at HP Labs, where he continues his work Someday, I hope that I too can become a Senior Fellow... You don't often see that title used outside academia or think tanks. |
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RE: A PC Pioneer Decries the State of Computing
by flynn23 at 3:33 am EDT, Jul 13, 2004 |
IconoclasT wrote:
] flynn23 wrote:
] ] ] But a man like this cannot be dismissed merely because he
] ] ] occasionally creeps toward arrogance. What's much more
] ] ] important is that he does not merely complain. He has a
] ] ] vision and a team working to bring his alternate vision
] ] ] to reality.
] ]
] ] a really crappy article about a really great guy. it
] would've
] ] been nice to actually get more meat about what Alan is
] ] decrying.
]
] Kay is now a senior fellow at HP Labs, where he continues
] his work
]
] Someday, I hope that I too can become a Senior Fellow... You
] don't often see that title used outside academia or think
] tanks. a few more years and we'll all be Senior Fellows. |
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A PC Pioneer Decries the State of Computing
by k at 10:34 am EDT, Jul 13, 2004 |
] If business users were less shortsighted, Kay says, they
] would seek to create computer models of their companies
] and constantly simulate potential changes. But the
] computers most business people use today are not suited
] for that. That's because, he says, today's PC is too
] dedicated to replicating earlier tools, like ink and
] paper. "[The PC] has a slightly better erase function but
] it isn't as nice to look at as a printed thing. The
] chances that in the last week or year or month you've
] used the computer to simulate some interesting idea is
] zero -- but that's what it's for."
]
] ...
]
] Though Kay claims he's "not trying to sound like a crab
] here," he does border on it, especially when shortly
] thereafter he asserts "pretty much everything that's
] believed is bullshit." [ There are a few gems in this otherwise unremarkable article, two of which are above... it's still probably worth a quick read. -k] |
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