[opendtv] Re: iPad remote for Comcast
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:31:13 -0500
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
> It's time for both of you to wake up and smell the future, rather
> than trying to hold onto a PC computing paradigm that is rotting
> even as we argue...
It's funny how hype about the latest innovation tends to repeat itself.
Back in the 1960s and '70s, everything was about mainframes. You'd have this
one central computer to control every system in your house.
In the 1990s, it was all about PCs. Evey house would have its central PC
server, to store all your music, to house your TV tuner, your PVR, etc., for
the whole house.
Now it's the tablet (or the iPhone). Every aspect of your life centers around
apps for the central tablet in everyone's life.
The latest toy always has to become THE central device in your life, according
to the pundits. But it never turns out that way. How many times have we been
through this? The true innovation was when microcomputers became incorporated
INTO every applicance, specifically because you don't need or want to rely on a
central device. The smarts and the controls are federated.
Bert
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