translation: "Geeks refuse to act their part as blue-collar cost center. This 'raclcitrant' attitude has been addressed with out-sourcing (thank you GoldmanSachs for leading this effort), cloud computing (all roads must lead to Rome), and the on-going effort to reduce the personal computer to a curated tool controlled from central systems. This article is an update in the progress we have made to date."

> As software eats the world

you would think software develoers would be kings of this world. But alas, the folks who own `The Economist` do not wish to share the technocratic ("finance") perch with the emerging technocrats.

"We must keep the geeks out. They think too much."