[dba-Tech] TechCrunch: Intel’s Vision: Wearables Everywhere In A Post-Windows World

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Wed Jan 8 18:01:41 CST 2014


Clearly I am so far out of the loop as to be deemed unworthy and beside the
point. I just don't get this stuff.. I just don't get it. When I have
Google Glasses and a few tablets, what are these girls bringing to the
party that I don't already have?

Just  couple of thoughts from an old-timer who dates back to CP/M.

Not that I'm a complete dinosaur. Two days ago I visited the Ripley
Aquarium and wow wow wow. Ever seen a manta about 15 meters across,
swimming overhead? There is simply nothing to compare.




On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:28 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote:

>  HI Jim --
>
> <<< Linux has taken a long time to even be accepted on the desktop...most
> likely because of its techy functionality and interface and its absolutely
> zero advertising budget. Will it ever become main stream desktop;...that is
> an interesting question.>>>
> Have you seen that announcement?:
>
> "Intel at CES 2014: dual-boot Windows and Android PCs, Steam Machine
> support"
>
> http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/07/intel-at-ces-2014-dual-boot-windows-and-android-pcs-steam-machine-support/
>
> "Instantly-switchable by pressing a button" dual-boot PCs for Windows and
> "pure" Linux will probably follow....
>
> -- Shamil
>
> Wednesday, January  8, 2014 12:28 PM -07:00 from Jim Lawrence <
> accessd at shaw.ca>:
> >Hi Shamil:
> >
> >That is a good article...lots of research.
> >
> >Linux has taken a long time to even be accepted on the desktop...most
> likely because of its techy functionality and interface and its absolutely
> zero advertising budget. Will it ever become main stream desktop;...that is
> an interesting question. OTOH, as far as every other mobile and server
> environment its dominance is in the eighty percentile plus.
> >
> >I do think Cloud based applications and their use, in areas where good
> and stable communications exist will be the be the new center, at least the
> pundits thinks so. With Microsoft's Azure Cloud (based off development work
> through OpenSuse), it is one of the few (only?) Cloud based engines that is
> not pure Linux.
> >
> >When I am stating Linux is predominant, it is not just that it is base
> for virtually all Clouds, major company and enterprise servers, smartphone
> and other cheap mobile devices but that all intelligence being added to the
> miscellaneous devices like electronics, house-hold appliances, car based
> systems and industrial controls and so on, are apparently almost exclusive
> to Linux.
> >
> >Back to the PC desktop; it does seem the Windows desktop and mobile is
> bending to public opinion and I am happy to see this change:
> >
> ><quote>
> >Mary Jo Foley reported on ZDNet that inside sources told her two
> Threshhold flavours would return to a more "traditional" desktop look and
> feel, with a third version resembling Windows RT -- presumably for tablets.
> Paul Thurrott chimed in with his own inside dope that not only would the
> Start menu return, but also Metro apps would be able to run on the Windows
> desktop. (I can't resist noting that InfoWorld suggested similar changes
> with our Windows Red proposal seven months ago.)
> ></quote>
> >
> >All I can say is, "It is about time."
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru >
> >To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <
> dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com >
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 7:58:25 AM
> >Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] TechCrunch: Intel’s Vision: Wearables Everywhere
> In A Post-Windows World
> >
> > Hi Jim --
> >
> >Thank you for your detailed comment.
> >
> ><<< .Linux will be front and centre in this evolution. >>>
> >"Front-end" - agreed, but "centre"? - have a look at this article/opinion:
> >
> >"Microsoft's late fixing Windows, but ahead on the cloud"
> http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/microsofts-late-fixing-windows-ahead-the-cloud-233452
> >
> >-- Shamil
> >
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> Салахетдинов Шамиль
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Arthur


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