On: The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

[nickpp]

It’s not possible to know what other factors would’ve or wouldn’t have come into play, who would’ve done what else in this alternate history of yours. It’s just speculation.

[kalleboo → nickpp]

And you can't possibly know what would have happened without government Anti-trust pressure on Microsoft.

[nickpp → kalleboo]

Indeed, maybe Microsoft would’ve created an even better smartphone, putting us today in a position with 3 major competing mobile platforms! And just imagine what else after that…