Industry pundits and Hyperbole
Remember, by posting such an article (such as your presence on Half Life, predicting the end of traditional computing, the Internet of Things) industry pundits such as Gartner are performing their true function which is to raise their profile and their (perceived by people (marketeers) who don't know better) relevancy in the industry at this point in time. The fact that most of these predictions come to nothing is unimportant - by making some noise today, they get talked about.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
