Humorous bit of prose on the history of computing by scifi author Neal Stephenson, creator of the "metaverse" concept... enjoy. ![:)]( "Smile")
Imagine a crossroads where four competing auto dealerships are situated. One of them (Microsoft) is much, much bigger than the others. It started out years ago selling three-speed bicycles (MS-DOS); these were not perfect, but they worked, and when they broke you could easily fix them.
There was a competing bicycle dealership next door (Apple) that one day began selling motorized vehicles -- expensive but attractively styled cars with their innards hermetically sealed, so that how they worked was something of a mystery...
Statistics: Posted by Midas — Sat Aug 24, 2024 12:22 pm