It's correct that Microsoft are (despite all other indications) quite a liberal company.
Problem is that they believe so strongly that their set of views are the right ones that they turn into evangelists and cannot see past their own dogma.
If they could do this then the company would be far more revolutionary than any of the gnu stuff . (Not saying the products would be;o))
The problem with the article is perhaps that Clarke is happy to make the assumption that the various the problems mentioned in the original post (misery, starvation, all the usual suspects) will be eliminated by the technological advances. This certainly hasn't been the case this century and I don't think it is justifiable to claim the next century will be any different.
OTOH it is great that the ideas he mentioned are even conceivable in the time scale given - They might not a panacea, but that doesn't stop them being pretty cool...:o)
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$18m a day - pretty hefty. That'd make them a company which got $6.5 billion year in revenue just from their website.
Does anyone know of a company which gets even close?
Matt
It's correct that Microsoft are (despite all other indications) quite a liberal company.
;o))
Problem is that they believe so strongly that their set of views are the right ones that they turn into evangelists and cannot see past their own dogma.
If they could do this then the company would be far more revolutionary than any of the gnu stuff . (Not saying the products would be
Matt
The problem with the article is perhaps that Clarke is happy to make the assumption that the various the problems mentioned in the original post (misery, starvation, all the usual suspects) will be eliminated by the technological advances. This certainly hasn't been the case this century and I don't think it is justifiable to claim the next century will be any different.
:o)
OTOH it is great that the ideas he mentioned are even conceivable in the time scale given - They might not a panacea, but that doesn't stop them being pretty cool...