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| Time: 12:52 EST/17:52 GMT | News Source: PC Magazine | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Real progress in desktop computing always stems from gaming. Even the invention of spreadsheets was a sort of game, and all the display technologies were boosted by gamers. But in the mid- to late 1990s, the scene began to focus purely on business computing, giving it a largely undeserved leadership role. As a result, the innovative game coders and freethinkers were spun off into their own world. But they were the ones who were needed to make grand schemes of integration and convergence work. The business dudes thought that good ideas would magically work themselves out through free-market forces. That didn't mean savvy game developers; it meant outsourcing to India. The result is a stagnant, half-dead gaming business | ||
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