Until recently, the personal computer (PC) ecosystem was the centre of gravity of the tech industry: it was where the investment and innovation was centred. It took that role away from mainframes, mini-computers and workstations slowly and in stages over the previous 30 years or so, and it did it with scale – PCs could be sold to so many more people that their economies of scale became overwhelming.
The same thing is happening now as the ‘mobile’ ecosystem supplants the PC ecosystem. Last year, probably around 275 million PCs and 1.5 billion smartphones were sold worldwide. In a few years, Read full story ›
Source: Marketing Week
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