Federal Computer Week, a leading US publication for IT in government, they have a list of the top Six technologies that reshaped government. This list consists of:
- x86 architecture
- Microsoft Windows
- Ethernet
- Internet
- e-Mail messaging
While particularly item 2 may sound a little bit like unintentional humour, it is not really a surprise that half of the technologies are directly communication related. The interesting point, however, is that PDF has been taken into this list.
And it is very interesting to read that it has been for forms (in fact, tax forms by the IRS) that PDF got chosen.
Knowing that the IRS did chose PDFfolio for their most high-profile publication (the Tax Product CD-ROM) makes me a little bit proud of having contributed to the most influencial technologies for government.