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Alan Kay Decries the State of Computing

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the he's-got-a-right-to-some-soap-box-time dept.

gnaremooz writes "Computer pioneer Alan Kay (DARPA in the '60s, PARC in the '70s, now HP Labs) declares 'The sad truth is that 20 years or so of commercialization have almost completely missed the point of what personal computing is about.' He believes that PCs should be tools for creativity and learning, and they are falling short."

2 of 479 comments (clear)

  1. True purpose of computing by dfn5 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The true purpose of computing is to turn bits into other bits. In this regard computing is performing admirably.

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  2. He's wrong by FraggedSquid · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nearly everyday I think of many new and interesting ways to kill those who wrote Windows, and the muppets who run our network, not forgetting the in-house support, and....

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