Future shock
Ok, I’ll admit it — I think the iPad is going to be a huge success. Not because it has some whiz-bang feature or gizmo that makes it better than any of the competitors. No, I think it will succeed because it’s completely different. Apple is trying to solve a problem that’s been plaguing “the people we have claimed to serve for 30 years whilst screwing them over in innumerable ways.” Despite all the whinging by the numerous critics, Speirs has hit it on the head. They aren’t griping over the iPad itself, their griping over the end of a tyranny.
