[Terr_]

There are also several links in there to previous HN discussions where the author feels this is an "I told you so" moment.

I certainly miss the feeling that home computers were going to be empowering--not merely situationally useful--to individuals. Affordable capital equipment, not just a service for hire.

The next greedy iteration, slowed by the US' lingering anti-trust laws, will probably involve limits on installed software, and websites that might somehow compete with anything offered by Omni Consumer Products.

[keyringlight]

The thought rattling around in my head is what usages people have got out of 'personal computers' (i.e. not specifically IBM compatible PC) over the decades that they've been available to the general consumer, and what are they doing now. In practical terms it's difficult to see why MS would be motivated now to encourage the hobby side of PC, they don't really need it any more as most things that bring revenue to them aren't specific to being on windows.

[staunton]

In recent news, net neutrality is on the way out as we speak.