Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Dec 13 22:05:37 CST 2012
Any process that will circum-navigate big banks and lending institutions is a good thing. There is an expected back-lash to this as you would expect but I see it as a technology whose time has come and in a few years will be a development which has the potential to provide a real alternative. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:14 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] WIndows Share 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 _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com