Personal computing position paper

Abstract

The goals of personal computing are to improve the quality of life for individuals by providing them with a tool that not only relieves them from doing boring tedious work, but gives them a means of automating many of the marvelous ideas that the human brain can generate. The artist can use the personal computer to create new art forms. The stock analyst can use the personal computer to analyze stock trends. The secretary can use the personal computer to edit a manuscript. The uses of the personal computer are as varied as the individuals who use them.