I just watched Kubrick' s 2001 again this afternoon. I wonder how much that film has contributed to the fear that many people have of computers (IE my Mum - Queen of Solitaire but lives in fear that the PC will one day bite).
In that film HAL has control over everything on the ship. Can you imagine giving this responsibility to say.......M$, Caldera, IMB, Symantech??????????
.....Well maybe Powerquest .....