What will a world based on autonomic computing look like?
In the future, human intervention in most tasks associated with systems management will seem as archaic and unnecessary as asking an operator for help making a phone call seems today. Initially, you’ll see more availability of the systems that serve you — your bank, your ISP, your travel agent. You’ll hear, ‘sorry, our systems are down’ less often. Simultaneously, autonomic features will begin to appear in client level devices so that your individual PC will complete for itself many of the tasks that currently make you a part-time administrator. If you had to stop and get out of your car every few hours to check under the hood, make a minor adjustment, or restart the car because of some unknown glitch, it would take a long-time to reach your destination.
