[Pipet Devel] THE SECOND COMING - A MANIFESTO

[J.W. Bizzaro]

I found this interesting and relevant:

``"Second Coming," a 10,000-word essay, contends that rather than remaining a
world that Microsoft or any company might dominate, computing is actually
shifting to a world in which data and computer processing will be increasingly
spread across thousands, if not millions, of interconnected computers.
"Information travels through a sea of anonymous, interchangeable computers
like a breeze through tall grass," Mr. Gelernter wrote.''

Sound familiar?

NY Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/19gale.html

David Gelernter's (a very well-known Yale comp-sci prof) essay:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gelernter/gelernter_p1.html

Cheers.
Jeff
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