The interpersonal computer interregnum

Abstract

Argues that the personal computer is dead as a workplace phenomenon. Suggests that the financial pay‐off associated with using personal computers to increase knowledge and worker productivity is no longer viable; and that leading‐edge organizations are in transition between the close of the PC era and the accession of the new age of value‐on‐demand interpersonal computing. Highlights failings of the personal computer paradigm including points such as: focus on the individual and the desktop is misplaced; and the PC paradigm is flawed because the world which spawned such thinking no longer exists. Concludes by providing an action plan for conquering the interpersonal computer interregnum.

Citation

May, T.A. (1995), "The interpersonal computer interregnum", Information Management & Computer Security, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/09685229510092020