We all have heard that only taxes and death are for certain. I would like to add the newest entry, the end of PC s and . . .

If you want to read about the end of Microsoft, and for that matter, LMS, as we operate today, read “The Big Switch  by Nicholas Carr, the author of the most controversial book “Does IT Matter? .

In one short read you will find out where all the wealth of our nation has gone, and will continue to go, where Microsoft and any of the thousands of companies that support present day computing will go, and where hundreds of thousands of IT professionals will be going. My daily job is to make sure I don t take the trip with them.

Scared yet? Fascinated? The story reads as follows: This nation was transformed by the introduction of electricity, but its growth was driven by the build out of utility delivered power. This allowed individual businesses to move away from trying to run their own local electric generation. Sounds familiar? Yes, Carr provides the exact analogy of all the cost, waste, and trouble of modern business trying to run their own IT infrastructure, each repeating and investing in the same ideas and equipment. Like the build out of massive power generation, Carr explains how the current development of massive computing grids will allow all businesses and individuals to tap into a national service delivery platform that will deliver your network applications in much the same way as the wall outlet in your office delivers power.   Read More