Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Thu Dec 13 20:13:44 CST 2012
It's an interesting alternative perspective on things. Mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets don't fully replace the function of a desktop computer / laptop (and, yes, the Surface tablet is by no means a replacement, just because it has a $100+ keyboard/touchpad accessory), but I think what we often fail to take into account is what devices have more importance and impact on peoples lives. Most people don't need Visual Studio, after all. Most of their computing needs are fulfilled by their smartphone and increasingly by a tablet. To add to that, us westerners don't appreciate that there may be technologies elsewhere in the world that haven't caught on over here, so we don't factor it in our worldview. One particular example I can think of is Africa, where mobile banking (the ability to manage your money and make direct daily monetary transactions via your cell phone) is huge (http://www.economist.com/node/21553510), but that doesn't exist so much here for whatever reason. Things are very different now than it was a decade ago. - Hans On 2012-12-13, at 5:27 PM, "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote: > Another one to worry the Windows fanbois :-) > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/13/windows_market_share_just_20percent/ > > -- > Stuart > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com