这个问题来自于对过去50年左右计算领域各种进展的评论。
其他一些与会者请我把这个问题作为一个问题向整个论坛提出。
这里的基本思想不是抨击事物的现状，而是试图理解提出基本新思想和原则的过程。
我认为我们在大多数计算领域都需要真正的新想法，我想知道最近已经完成的任何重要而有力的想法。如果我们真的找不到他们，那么我们应该问“为什么?”和“我们应该做什么?”
当前回答
个人电脑。
毫无疑问，在过去的30年里，计算最重要的部分是现在每个人都是它的一部分。家用电脑大约从1977年才开始普及，直到80年代才得到广泛应用。现在，幼儿园、老年中心和你的每个邻居都有一台。
其他回答
The mouse - There have been posts about human interaction. To me, the mouse was the gateway to human interaction. Without it, we'd still be typing and not clicking in dragging, even with our fingers. GUI - Complimented the mouse perfectly. I work in an environment where an as400 is the backend of one of our major apps. Yeah.. Interesting stuff but it just reminds me of the screens 'Bill Gates' is working in in the movie 'Pirates of Silicon Valley' even though that's not what it was. To me, 1 and 2 are the reason anybody, including grandpas and grandmas can use a computer. Excel / spreadsheets - Someone mentioned this before but it's work mentioning again. It's so user friendly and is a great entry point for non-technical users to try their hand at simple programming concepts when performing calculations on cells. Granted it came out before 1980, but the versions post 1980 are when the technology in spreadsheets evolved. Internet (of course) - Not sure how people wrote code without it! Don't flame me for repeating because this belongs on every list. INTELLISENSE - LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!
运动传感器在游戏中的兴起，使传统的游戏操纵杆消失，让用户非常接近游戏本身。这与我们不断变化的城市景观和生活方式相辅相成，因为我们的身体活动有限。游戏的发展肯定会让人在做喜欢的事情时至少进行一些体育活动。这绝对比在健身房做同样单调的练习要好。
IP多播(1991)和Van Jacobsen的传播网络(2006)是1989年以来最大的发明。
Eclipse IDE
将Smalltalk这样的IDE带给大众;)
