Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Great vintage computer article.

I'm on the side of games here at least in the area of computers and at least over the last maybe 30 or so years. Games should be expanded to "entertainment" I think that's a more precise word. While productivity has pushed some innovation, I don't think it pushed as much as entertainment. I think the argument that because people wanted to use computers to be platform for entertainment, this drove a lot of innovation is valid.

Games are a big driver of some types of technology, yes. But they're not the only driver, and they're certainly not the only reason this stuff exists, as much as we'd likely all be more comfortable living in toyland without the realities and responsibilities of grownup life.