How Computing Has Changed
 
1970's "Electronic Data Processing"
1990's Personal Computing
  • Large Machines.
  • Phenomenal costs.
  • High security.
  • Hermetically sealed humming rooms.
  • Long request forms.
  • Schedules and Long lead times.
  • Plans and intermediaries.
  • Condescending Interviews.
  • Buzzwords and incantations.
  • High priests and hidden gurus.
  • Hordes of "girls" punch cards.
  • Batch processing with occult error messages
  • Rituals and sacred images.
  • Thick fanfolded reports.
  • Questionable meaning or relevance.
  • Belongs to someone else.
 
  • On your desk
  • In your briefcase
  • in your car
  • on your TV
  • runs your microwave oven
  • works your phone.
  • on your wrist
  • An integral part of your job.
  • Belongs to the people who use it.
 
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