"the empire survives in recognizable form"... and so perhaps the legacy of Microsoft will live on in the form of the Start Button or the talking paperclip. While history matters, the empire of the present is always much more important than any empire of the past. Microsoft is certainly an empire of the present, but if it were not to some day pass away, it would truly be unique.
... but considering the ever accelerating rate of change, several hundred years in Roman Imperial days might only equate to a dozen or so years now. The fact is that the Roman Empire is now almost completely irrelevant. In time (debateable how much) so will be Microsoft.
I'm really afraid of the days when Microsoft becomes SCO.
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"the empire survives in recognizable form" ... and so perhaps the legacy of Microsoft will live on in the form of the Start Button or the talking paperclip. While history matters, the empire of the present is always much more important than any empire of the past. Microsoft is certainly an empire of the present, but if it were not to some day pass away, it would truly be unique.
... but considering the ever accelerating rate of change, several hundred years in Roman Imperial days might only equate to a dozen or so years now. The fact is that the Roman Empire is now almost completely irrelevant. In time (debateable how much) so will be Microsoft. I'm really afraid of the days when Microsoft becomes SCO.