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I will check them out. Thanks a lot.

Things that I don't need to get separately when I buy a computer.

I'm not advocating for Microsoft. In fact, I use Linux, Open Office, and Gmail. But for regular consumer, they just want something that comes in one package and works without additional effort. That's why iPad is hitting the spot, because it's even more packaged than a Microsoft PC. Microsoft couldn't careless about Ubuntu, but they should definitely be worried about iPad (or packaged computing device in general).

I'm curious how are they are going to solve the problem that most people hate to learn new interfaces of their old tools.

For example, it took me a while to start using google reader, google calendar. I told all my friends how great those tools are, but none of them has converted.

People are used to their twitter, facebook, newspaper interfaces. Crossing the chasm from early power users to mainstream users will be hard.

Five hours a day at $10/hr for two years could have earned him $30,000 (5x10x600, i'm sure he was bartering during weekends too)

His car only worths $15,000.

Actually, the future is recommendation via brain composition. Or better yet, direct brain stimulus that makes you think anything is a good recommendation.

Facebook is the future? I hope we are a bit more imaginative and ambitious.