Still, it was more (speed) of the
same. A quicker ruler or pen and paper. What was the
difference between this and a hand held calculator (some of
them already had computing, memory and programming features)?
The PC was recognized as a medium only 30 years after it was
invented with the introduction of multimedia software. All
this time, the computer continued to spin off markets and
secondary markets, needs and professional specialities. The
talk as always was centred on how to improve on existing
markets and solutions.
The Internet is the computer's first important breakthrough.
Hitherto the computer was only quantitatively different - the
multimedia and the Internet have made it qualitatively
superior, actually, sui generis, unique.
This, precisely, is the ghost haunting the Internet:
It has been invented, is maintained and is operated by
computer professionals. For decades these people have been
conditioned to think in Olympic terms: more, stronger, higher.
Not: new, unprecedented, non-existent. To improve - not to
invent. They stumbled across the Internet - it invented itself
despite its own creators.
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