And IBM's Patrick looks forward to the day when there will be Internet kiosks everywhere. Blue-collar workers may just pop over to the net kiosk at rest time to surf for information or pick up their e-mail. "Smoking break" may well become "web break."
IBM 派屈克也形容：未來第三世界的工廠裡，三三兩兩的藍領工人會趁休息時，逛到廠區資訊站前瀏覽最新消息，或是收發免費的電子信，「抽煙時間」將被「上網時間」取代。