Comments on: The Technology of the Decade http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/ Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Thom Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:15:22 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839#comment-13 Bob, you are right. I should have included high-speed internet access. I guess I missed it because it has become so ubiquitous. Thanks for the catch. I'm a big fan of Bit Torrent - Bram Cohen really came up with a great idea - but I don't think Bit Torrent and P2P crosses the mindshare threshhold with non-IT people or non tech-savvy people. It's cool and a great improvement over standard hub/spoke delivery systems but Aunt Millie or Uncle Billie wouldn't know a bit torrent from a data storm. Thanks for taking a look and providing the feedback. -t Bob, you are right. I should have included high-speed internet access. I guess I missed it because it has become so ubiquitous. Thanks for the catch.

I’m a big fan of Bit Torrent – Bram Cohen really came up with a great idea – but I don’t think Bit Torrent and P2P crosses the mindshare threshhold with non-IT people or non tech-savvy people. It’s cool and a great improvement over standard hub/spoke delivery systems but Aunt Millie or Uncle Billie wouldn’t know a bit torrent from a data storm.
Thanks for taking a look and providing the feedback. -t

]]> By: Bob Rauck http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Bob Rauck Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:08:27 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839#comment-12 And don't forget TIVO. Bob And don’t forget TIVO.

Bob

]]> By: Bob Rauck http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Bob Rauck Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:44:30 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839#comment-11 Thom, For my money, the winner is widely available high-speed internet access. Accessing a fat data pipe at home has had the most dramatic impact on my life, and my commute. Runner up - peer to peer file sharing; especially, bit torrent. Bob Thom,

For my money, the winner is widely available high-speed internet access. Accessing a fat data pipe at home has had the most dramatic impact on my life, and my commute.

Runner up – peer to peer file sharing; especially, bit torrent.

Bob

]]> By: Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Thom Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:28:38 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839#comment-10 John, you are right, Virtualization is incredibly important, but if you notice all the technologies listed are used by a wide variety of people, not just IT staffs. And yes virtualization is "used" by hundreds of millions of people, but most of them don't know they are using it. Once you leave the IT world most people really don't know or understand virtualization. If I had limited this disdussion to a list of IT technologies you can bet Virtualization would be one of the top technologies. I should have done a better job listing my criteria - thanks for pointing out that oversight. John, you are right, Virtualization is incredibly important, but if you notice all the technologies listed are used by a wide variety of people, not just IT staffs. And yes virtualization is “used” by hundreds of millions of people, but most of them don’t know they are using it. Once you leave the IT world most people really don’t know or understand virtualization. If I had limited this disdussion to a list of IT technologies you can bet Virtualization would be one of the top technologies. I should have done a better job listing my criteria – thanks for pointing out that oversight.

]]> By: John http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/18/the-technology-of-the-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-9 John Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:44:52 +0000 http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=839#comment-9 It looks like you missed virtualization, i.e. Server, Storage, Desktop, and Network - specifically, VMWare. Virtualization is possibly the most postively disruptive technology since the microprocessor. It looks like you missed virtualization, i.e. Server, Storage, Desktop, and Network – specifically, VMWare. Virtualization is possibly the most postively disruptive technology since the microprocessor.

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