Web OS Speculations

A couple of "must read" takes on the companies, architectures, and business models that will dominate the next wave of IT:

• Charlie Stross on "Why Steve Jobs Hates Flash". I thoroughly enjoyed Stross's "Halting State", so I'm always intrigued by his take on IT
• Tim O'Reilly on the "State of the Internet Operating System" (Part 1, Part 2) - O'Reilly's always worth reading, but these two (long) posts are "must read".

I haven't seen stuff this intriguing since the early Web 2.0 days....