From: Timothy Rue (timrue@mindspring.com) Subject: A recap of what is comming and why. Date: Sat, 19 Apr 97 09:31:00 ------------------------------ The computer industry is evolving from closed system mentality to open system mentality and the bottom line reason for it is money. These changes apply to the media, software development and hardware modularity. The Media. A change in perspective in how and what to communicate is happening. Open System mentality requires a perspective that allows for the unknowns of how many ways software and hardware (of open system type) may be used today and tomarrow. Software development is evolving towards component applications where there is a need for the "glue of scripting languages" like the existing tcl intent, the REBOL appearance, and the VIC objective. Not to leave out other efforts like JAVA. Closed systems don't have a need for such a level of "glue" as these. Open systems require it. Hardware modularity is also evolving due the need to more quickly integrate new hardware as well as reducing system down time, due a hardware component (part) failure. Such modularity not only helps to increase productivity while reducing down time but greatly improves hardware versatility (and market). The "glue" of modularity is found in packaging and connectivity that allows for the unknowns of tomarrow (open system mentality). Closed system mentality has lead to an ever increasing multi-hundred billion dollar non-productive annual expence in the computer industry and client/user base. For a company to contribute to the correction of this spells money in the bank. The selling pitch - justification of spending so much that results in real savings of so much more. TVR
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