John: Thanks for that. I totally believe what he is saying and don't know why others don't see it. The analogy of not being able to do real work on a smart phone is a good one. Design, video editing, tracking vehicles, the list goes on. This is a good response when the question comes up, too.
Thanks, Jeff ------------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] Jeff --------------- Jeff Johnson [email protected] (623) 582-0323 www.san-dc.com On 09/24/2010 07:22 AM, John Fabiani wrote: > Below is a quote from Ubuntu User by Marcel Gagne: > Some will argue that the desktop no longer matters or if it does, it won't for > long. They will tell you that the age of mobile technology is here, that Web > apps do it all, and that since Linux, in its Android persona, is on its way to > ruling the mobile roost, that we should all sit back happily and congratulate > ourselves on finally achieving Linux World Domination. > They are wrong. > Sure, mobile devices are cool. But for the foreseeable future, the desktop > will continue to be the place where the real work gets done. It's the place > where large scale productivity applications will continue to dominate. It's > still where you're going to do your accounting, write letters, create cool > graphics, edit video, and so on. Try to imagine creating a complex marketing > presentation on your iPhone just for fun. See if you can find many businesses > out there that have plans in the next 5 years to dump all their desktop > systems in favor of everyone typing on their smartphone touchpads. Uh huh. The > desktop matters as much as it ever did and there's a damn good chance that > it's never going away, at least not anytime soon. Barring some truly > revolutionary *ahem* paradigm shift in the way we interface with computers, of > course. That revolutionary shift hasn't happened. Not yet anyhow. > > Just one of many reasons I believe in the future of Dabo. > > Johnf > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
