Nick Carr convinced IBM he was right, and now he will be the end of them. And with them, us? Or US? Let's hope not.

If I were an IBM board member, or anyone who cared about the long-term health of IBM or the US technology industry or the whole blooming US economy, I'd be unspeakably depressed.

If the US technology industry actually believes that the PC has grown up and settled down, it is out of touch with reality -- and the consequences could be dangerous to America's economic health.

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Know this for sure: Some company will build all this and more into a radically more powerful, radically simpler PC. Will it be an American company? Don't count on it.

Is the fruit of America's future to be found in the Apple cart? Hardly. Apple's ideology precludes a new PC revolution.

How to Build a Better PC, by David Gelernter