[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: [CliffordPickover] The Personal Computer Is Dead

[Stewart Dickson]

I like the last line:  "We need some angry nerds."

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Subject: 	[CliffordPickover] The Personal Computer Is Dead
Date: 	Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:29:46 -0500
From: 	Rusty <rustyrusty at rogers.com>
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http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39163/page1/

Both software developers and users should demand more. Developers should 
look for ways to reach their users unimpeded, through still-open 
platforms, or through pressure on the terms imposed by the closed ones. 
And users should be ready to try "off-roading" with the platforms that 
still allow it?hewing to the original spirit of the PC, perhaps 
amplified by systems that let apps have a trial run on a device without 
being given the keys to the kingdom. If we allow ourselves to be lulled 
into satisfaction with walled gardens, we'll miss out on innovations to 
which the gardeners object, and we'll set ourselves up for censorship of 
code and content that was previously impossible. We need some angry nerds.

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