There is a substantial belief in some quarters that Google's Chromebook is going to be squeezed between the tablet and the PC, much as the entire "netbook" category is seen to be squeezed between the tablet and the standard notebook.
If there is a new category here, it might be the market for "PC as a service." We seem to be moving towards applications, infrastructure and platforms as a service. It might not be so appealing to rent devices as a service, but we'll have to see.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Will ChromeBook Fly?
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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