Great, I read the same thing in Newsweek in that time frame.
Were you one of the first to become a millionaire by successfully applying the new model? The author matters just as much as the content.
Possible context: patio11's comment at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623102 ("Then you move your code to the server(...). This defeats piracy so well it works in China.")
Note that pg has different arguments, though.
Ahh, memories... This essay had a huge impact on me when I first read it back in the day -- I was programming in-house database apps at the time (VB/Access) but this helped me see the light and I knew that I wanted to move towards web development (which I eventually did). Thanks PG!