What business models will emerge? The trick is being able to convert the reserves of capital into different forms. Sara Buse(pdf) studied innovative conversion methods in a socialist economy with scarcity of capital. Hm that sounds like what Marc is describing.
Joi Ito, in a must-read rant about microcontent trends says "Microsoft will continue to dominate the desktop, but it will become less relevant as consumer electronics companies embrace open standards and use Internet web services and applications to make consumer electronics devices rich with content."
Second of all, TONS of people are getting camera phones. What's the first thing they do? Post them on a web site, right? OK. So far, camera phones + server means that the desktop is outta the picture, right? But, where do people view those camera phone pictures? I'll tell you where I look at Chris Pirillo's moblog, for instance: on my Tablet PC.
So, how again did the new device that came along decrease the relevance of the desktop?.
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