What we have not learned is that although change is likely, it is NOT inevitable. Mainframes centralized computing. Distributed dumb terminals de-centralized computing. Hierarchical databases re-centralized computing. Personal computers re-decentralized computing.
Every new gizmo changes the locus of control.
Each new systems architecture has its boosters who explain why this is the ONLY possible future for both the technology and the business. Donovan steps into a chorus line with a tradition of good voices but weak knees. Too much running is also hard on the ankles, the pelvis, and the spine. But even if his principles were re-cast so as to be within the field of feasibility for the majority, he seems to forget the most crucial component, namely motivation. All of the human sciences show that the vast majority of humanity is characterized by conventionality and complacency.