> On 27.05.2010 08:36, Ragnar Sundblad wrote: > >> I can remember Larry offering condolences to the > >> engineers in desktop back in '96 as PCs were going > to > >> be a thing of the past, and all of us would need > to > >> find other jobs to work on in the future as IT was > >> going back to a mainframe type environment. Oddly > >> people are still using PCs to this day. It was > >> Larry's hope, IMO, to get Gates off the PC playing > >> field as I don't believe he felt he could beat > Gates > >> as long as the playing field remained on the PC... > > > > Well, maybe we are finally getting there - surf > pads with or without telephone functionality is a > fast growing thing, people work and store their > things in "the cloud", even their computing > resources. He was just bit before his time. And this > development is quite logical, why would you want to > carry around your resources, putting them to risk for > loss, and limiting their access, when they can be > much better stored somewhere else? I don't think I > have seen a sci-fi movie where people are carrying > around their day-to-day data, they just use it anyhow > and everywhere. Hopefully soon the personal > integrity, rights, and similar aspects will catch up. > > Those surf tablets may replace WAP on a cellphone, > but do you really, > sincerely, think they'll replace a wordprocessor or a > spreadsheet > application on a "proper computer"? How about > replacing Photoshop or DxO > Optics or similar? What about AutoCad? > > Having been a touchscreen user for quite some time, I > can tell you that > I'm currently looking to replace my cellphone with > one of those that has > a slideout keyboard, simply because of the lack of > real tactile > feedback. And right now, a Windows Mobile one looks a > lot better than > the "opposition" simply due to one single program: > Birdiesync. I want to > continue using Thunderbird+Lightning on my desktop > workstation and > Laptop, and have the contacts and calendar from that > synced to the > mobile, without leaving a copy with Mountain View. > Leaving a copy in > Redmond or Cupertino is a no-no as well. > > But back to those tablets replacing the PC: I > seriously doubt it. But > they will probably make another serious dent in paper > publishing (such > as newspapers). Tablets will be nice enough for > reading, but unsuitable > for writing. This means that the big studios will > help Cupertion sell > them, since those are very interested in people being > "consumers" of > information (just as long as they pay their > protection-fee to the > movie-studio-racket). But I don't see you writing > your > pulitzer-price-winning piece there, or sorting out > the pictures from the > riot last night. Nor do I see you writing you school > essays there.
I would very much like to see a SunRay tablet (with or without keyboard). SunPad anyone? (At least it sounds better than OraclePad... ;)) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
