Take some time soon and read Ray Ozzie’s chewy new essay, “Extreme Mobility”, in which he asserts a first principle we all implictly understand now but aren’t sure what to do with — “that the ‘platform of old’ is no longer the platform of the future. The PC has done us well; it’s truly an incredible platform for innovation, and will continue to be so. I’m tremendously excited by what I’ve seen in the upcoming versions of Windows and Office, and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens as a new generation of developer explores the deep, rich capabilities afforded by this next generation platform.”
The platform, as the title implies, is an extremely mobile one, and it’s going to shift all our attitudes, and ways of doing things, into areas that — so far — no company owns. We have a chance to start with a relatively clean slate this time.