Was Alan Kay right?

"Alan Kay declared the personal computer a medium in it's own right," ( Kay, Birth of a New Medium), but was he right?
After reading the history of the computer and being a part of a generation that has watched this new technology expand I can say that I do agree with Alan Kay's statement. "The computer is a medium in it's own right" because it has opened the eyes of many, by allowing them to view many things differently. Just the concept of the computer, being able to more visually type and edit works has given a new life to what seemed at one point impossible.
Nowadays, web navigators have access to multiple outlets, including podcast, music, digital videos, digital media etc. The computer has allowed for all of those mediums, television, art, history, music to grow expand and evolve through it. Everyday new technology shifts the range in which digital media is developed. The more people begin to learn about the scopes and the limitless possibilities that the computer offers the more this medium will expand and grow. It is going to be a continued source of how to receive the most up to date information. The affects of digital media instilled by the manifestations of the computer are already beginning to take more affect especially with the up and coming Digital TV laws. Just the expansion into how we watch regular TV is baffling, but something that is going to be much more prevalent in the near future. So to say that the computer is in itself it's own medium is accurate and true. It has been able to reinvent new ways for technology and art to be viewed, and while it does that it remains the number one leading source where all this information can be played and viewed in a multitude of different formats.

Citation:

Alan Kay, "Birth of a New Medium". 2000, Artsmuseum.com