Gary has a degree in Computer Science and has worked in law firm automation since 1985. Technologies come and go constantly.
Every product goes through the same stages of life.
Of course, at some point we'll have little Dick Tracy communicators in our wristwatches, and the bulky devices we're using now for portable telephones will be a Smithsonian Exhibit. Still, in the end, we're talking about a continuum of telephone technology that started with Bell a century ago. Before the telephone you couldn't just talk to someone unless you physically met with them, and they couldn't bother you without getting past your secretary or your butler or even just a closed door. Mentioning butlers reminds us that being extremely rich has always been convenient. Today, having the resources of a large law firm or a large inheritance means that you can have a staff of expert librarians sift through the unimaginable avalanche of available information and bring you only the interesting stuff.