Charlie Stross on Nostr: nprofile1q…6jkcn nprofile1q…n02kn You can almost certainly chart it by graphing ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq04e6xt23sdp5z9nlfv9cukey28ahtzjsrewuwjqv9v7y89tjqj4q86jkcn (nprofile…jkcn) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqk5unsedp3m6tnmm9kxenc3x6f9mfecfldx2capalywasywzwhttsln02kn (nprofile…02kn) You can almost certainly chart it by graphing cumulative sales of personal computers, minus machines retired as broken/obsolete, which lags by a time period … and it was undergoing exponential growth throughout this period, so the retired cohort lagged new installs by a huge distance.

Computer use in business implies support personnel numbers (IIRC in the 90s it was 1 PC tech support per 40 installed base).

Since 2007 include smartphones/tablets as well. Different ratio, OFC.