The Big Switch
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Richard Edwards - Published 27/06/2008
In his new book (The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google), Nicholas Carr examines the technological transformation that is currently underway as software applications that were once stored on the PC move to the Web, or to the ‘cloud’ as some now call it. For many, the title of Carr’s book will trigger thoughts of a time for turning, shifting, and changing; but if one were to follow Carr’s electrical utility analogy presented in his book to its ultimate conclusion, then perhaps we should…