On 21 January 2012 23:56, Robin Barooah <ro...@sublime.org> wrote: > > Whilst I share the feeling that a lot more should have been possible, the > earlier work informed or transformed almost all of what personal computing is > today, and arguably, the > embodiments that are closest to the original are proving themselves to be > most successful.
And how faint the influence. We have systems that are (increasingly) locked down, (increasingly) fragmented and (increasingly) complex. The great gifts of introspection, re-use, sharing and simplicity are buried somewhere underneath. Yes, without the earlier work of those at VPRI, things would be less good. But that's small recompense. > With hindsight, I don't think it's obvious that different tactics would have > changed the outcome. Nor do I have any idea how it could have been done better. > I would be interested to hear how you think greater impact could have been >achieved the first time around. No idea. You'll notice that pretty much all my recommendations depend on current technology. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
