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06:43 12th October 2011
PCs will suffer as a result of the increasing popularity of tablet devices, according to JP Rangaswami, salesforce.com's chief scientist and technologist.
"I haven't used a PC for maybe a decade, and I haven't used a desktop since March, in terms of work. It has been a challenge to figure out what that means, not having a file system or a command line interface with a normal phone, but I've religiously stuck to saying I do all my work with a tablet," the expert said.
He went on to say that PCs have "died".
"The children of today are people who are enfranchised to do things now they could never do before, like an archaeologist [who is] able to work with a device light enough to hold in one hand, [with] no wires in sight, no moving parts. There are things happening now because of what the iPad has done which is changing how we engage with technology," he added.
His comments emerged as marketers and sales and business executives are exploring the potential of flexible working via devices such as tablets and smartphones rather than IT professionals, Echoworx has speculated.
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