Comment Five years! (Score 1) 196
I once had a teacher in a class called Rotating Machinery. He started the class by writing the number five (5) on the blackboard, and then asking the class "What is this?"
Then he answered his own question. "It's five years until the last turbine for electric power to be installed."
"Why do we then keep this class then?"
"Well - This number has been constant for the last 50 years!"
I think there is a parallell to the PC's, I also think there is only five years until the last PC is sold. And I also think that this number (five years), will remain constant for the next 50 years!
There will always be people trying to predict the future, and most of them turn out wrong.
Then he answered his own question. "It's five years until the last turbine for electric power to be installed."
"Why do we then keep this class then?"
"Well - This number has been constant for the last 50 years!"
I think there is a parallell to the PC's, I also think there is only five years until the last PC is sold. And I also think that this number (five years), will remain constant for the next 50 years!
There will always be people trying to predict the future, and most of them turn out wrong.
