[raghavkhanna]

"We won't see another operating environment for computers, because it's extremely hard to fund a professional sales force to educate users with an ASP of around $500"

It's amazing how well this insight/prediction holds after 26 years, the only other comparable OS/OE today is linux, which didn't rely on the funding. Makes me think if/how another leap in computing software will happen.

[abakker]

Well, iOS, right? or Android? or are those not "Computers" ?

If I had the money to bet, I'd be betting on AR as the next major paradigm, though. I think the idea of OS changes a lot when you get rid of the "slab of glass with a terminal" model. If computers are fundamentally ubiquitous, then what an OS does will need to be quite a bit different. I'm not sure it replaces a legacy computer, but I genuinely hope to have AR be a completely alternative option for most applications.

If I had to guess where the funding for that salesforce will come from, I'd guess: Softbank, and other mega-VC funds. if you do successfully create the next wave forward for computing, and you can provide the systems to enable it, the rewards are likely commensurate. I think this is why everyone is so interested in AR. Magic Leap is the darling, but Google, Apple, and Microsoft all agree that this is a critical turn, and are putting in the dollars to win.

[grecy]

> Well, iOS, right? or Android? or are those not "Computers" ?

iOS is NextStep, and Android is Linux, so in that way what Steve said holds true, given that Linux wasn't developed commercially.

[rdlecler1]

I’d place my bet on driverless and personal assistants as the next OS platforms. VR will be part of a personal assistant OS.

[rdlecler1]

I’d say that Android and the iPhone OS count (or maybe that didn’t fall under the definition of computer) the difference here is that there was a new hardware interface driving the development of a new operating environment.