There seems to be a big change just around the corner. As I see it.. for linux & runrev TOGETHER
yes : TOGETHER a) a bundle ready to install and b) an openSource ShellTalk command line interface to make it much more accessible to everybody, including grand-ma. How about that!? Ha and commands that.. hw to say that : match the people use rather than the computer needs (please, show today's new files, thanks ; please, change the rights of folder myfolder and all (its) files to categoryofRights, thanks) hint : that openSOurce ShellTalk would need to be driven though by an insitution, and it could be in the interest of runrev to do it, but keep it openSource. a) more and more people are educated.. and perhaps more linux capable. In particular, I personnaly would switch back to a very simple desktop with a command line system if a xTalk command line tool appears. Imagine a shell layer, that would understand english like commands, really polished and "evident", well documented and stream-lined to these 80% need... I found Andre Garzia contribution of the linux and runrev bundle distro great, great! I think a step further would be such a ShellTalk interface. This would solve the bigest problem of linux : all these distributions that rely on interface subtleties.. trying to implement some visual interfaces. A ShellTalk could allow to have a simpler core distro, which would not rely on sophisiticated interfaces... and in the end be so much more simple!? b) the netbook wave is putting forward the linux proposition, with the small thing running swiftly (how many netbooks run linux?) - there is a true actual need and nearly a demand? c) the de facto huge power of windows is being challenged, at least in the minds : google unplugging windows is a huge sign to businesses. Its the biggest business in the industry that says we want only unix (mac os and linux). d) the magic apple effect is getting challenged too in the minds. More and more people are concerned about being closed in, even in a really cool hotel. Having to pay 200 dollars a night.. just to see the curtains move in a progressive motion, like iPhones menus... does raise questions. I beleive Apple made a fantastic jump these recent years, but that might just not hold the next wave, beyond magic animation!? (did anybody make the common denominator between Apple and Disney etc??) e) android will definitely hit the spirits and most important launch an app store. So people will come to buy linux apps. f) the free world will be balanced, people will realize that it is ok to pay for things... but cheap, much cheaper than before. And that is the major apple store effect. Go for mass at reduced price. And linux could be the best potential platform for that. And that does not mean that many apps cannot be sold at a medium price in their niches. g) last, I wonder if and when a mjority of tech users will change focus and see computers as.. just simple tools.. and not magical promisses... that could change a lot and favor linux again (some realize they mostly use email, webbrowser and 2 or 3 tools..!). Someday more people will realize we do not need the funky animated stuff and that it sucks (our mind sometimes!) h) and this "awareness" when it reaches back, will bring in simple OS that respond to a kind of natural ShellTalk. Personnaly I'm working on one app where the interface is stripped off and which is driven by a dialog. Recently, Apple bought a personnal assistant web service that works just like that. And I do beleive that this will be the next chapter. And for that, runrev is well placed and that is why I chose it.. and a shellTalk unix thing would.. well : I'm ready to invest! smile.. What do you think? -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/The-State-of-Rev-Was-Re-ANN-Rodeo-IDE-preview-video-tp2237387p2242187.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution