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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >dba-Tech mailing list > >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > Салахетдинов Шамиль > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur