Apropå onsdagens inlägg vill jag inte undanhålla Infontologyläsarna följande lilla liknelse:
IBM played the role of the Roman Catholic church. With its mainframe theology, it benevolently defined god and the essential role of his one true church. IBM set liturgical standards for praying to god. It trained our data processing managers (local bishops) to insure that the faithful were properly serviced and adequately submissive. For a 10% annual fee (indulgence), it kept god operating. In the late 1970s a daring reformer emerged: Steve (Martin Luther) Jobs. He staked a thesis on the pink slip of his Volkswagen that every man should talk directly to his own computer. He formed the church of Apple to promote his unorthodox ideas and to design a god that was directly approachable by common people.
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/Per
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