From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <486FAC0F.50306@authentrus.com> Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:14:55 -0400 From: Wes Kussmaul User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <486C1A9D.5030304@gmail.com> <486C3672.8000704@ajft.org> <6a3ae47e0807030143r45166a58m8b1703fe51cc9d7f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6a3ae47e0807030143r45166a58m8b1703fe51cc9d7f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] sad commentary Topicbox-Message-UUID: dbe252c2-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Robert Raschke wrote: > Not sure when Mr. Adams wrote this, but I think it was mid-90's. > > First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn > numbers into letters with ASCII -- and we thought it was a typewriter. > Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With > the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure. > Douglas Adams > I believe Mr. Adams first made that observation in Delphi, which I founded in 1981. Now, what is the nature of the space that the PC leaves after it disappears? -- Wes Kussmaul