The First Step Down, is deciding Not to Go Up

For me, a giant step downward was the decision, in the Eighties, by the rich and powerful, to use the Computer to enrich themselves - at the expense of everyone else.

Using the Computer to enrich everyone, was an idea that never occurred to them - until late in the game, about 2010. By then, the hundreds of computer companies had been reduced to a few - Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

What made them different? They knew how to cooperate, and use each other's products. They wanted to make the Computer better - especially its Software.

The progress made since then, in Software, is unbelievable.