I had heard all the hype. Yet somehow, I had not downloaded a copy of Google Earth.With a high-speed connection it took only a few minutes to download. Oh my! These are the things that make computers fun: these wow moments. Over the last twenty years of computing there have been quite a few. (This image is the dwelling of some friends who read this blog. Can they identify their building in my miniaturized screenshot?)
I'm beginning to understand the former failed mantra of how the computer is the network. We're finally arriving at such a time. Go ahead and serve my apps over broadband as it appears to be dependable enough nowadays. There's nothing sexy about an operating system. Oh, and remind me to memo Bill Gates on modifying the business model of his company ... quickly.