>Sun has been singing this tune, and variations on it for eons. They don't exactly rule the computing world.
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>Agreed- the planets have not been in alignment. But it's getting closer.
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>Seriously, had there been cheap/free wifi, cheap broadband and close-range connectivity via bluetooth or similar back in the early 1980s when solid-state devices ruled the personal computer space and big-iron ruled business, don't you agree that the IT world would be entirely different?

I know I'd be wearing a tin foil hat...