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December 17, 2008

New IT Platforms Will Rise from the Recession

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The good news is that most recessions mean new IT platforms. The minicomputer hit its stride in the early '70s recession, the PC in the early '80s recession, client-server computing in the early '90s recession (notice these things happen every 10 years or so?), the Internet in the 2001 recession, and now we're about to see mobile take over in an even bigger way. Desktops will survive but most of the growth will be in mobile devices.
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Status: [OPEN] responses (15) | December 5, 2009

Will Bob's prediction come true?
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27%
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