Maybe Palladium is also necessary to deal with the eventual demise of Moore's Law. What happens to all these BigCos when the technology treadmill -- that seemingly endless cycle of upgrading -- comes to a screaching halt? What happens when your application reaches near perfection, to the point that there are no compelling new features you can add? Well, by that point, maybe you have in place an infrastructure that facilitates software subscriptions. Or music subscriptions.
Even then, I don't know to what extent the impact of the death of Moore's Law can be mitigated. Let's face it, once Moore's Law becomes a thing of the past, it will be a very different world.
Posted by Doug Sauder at July 12, 2002 02:01 PM