Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:11:54 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? Message-ID: <20110721171154.GA69523@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <f65a88e051fa8fe38875e99bf572b96f.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1107190736560.27391@gwdu60.gwdg.de> <CAGy-%2Bi_phtNbTh7SHhockqTuGrv%2Bd2ZLn0_6A9aKEySYO0MgTw@mail.gmail.com> <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <CAGy-%2Bi_aS4U_yUSLcesjyeCj2PBOL4A=UzXvYYKF1SqujN5vsg@mail.gmail.com> <D1A05C81F0C50B3453441AAB@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> <f65a88e051fa8fe38875e99bf572b96f.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com>
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--IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:11:12PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: > On Thu, July 21, 2011 12:13 pm, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > > > Adding a variety of devices to a tablet still wouldn't make it an > > attractive option for me. I can't imagine doing my CS degree course-work > > on one of them, it would be a nightmare. I even found working on a lapt= op > > frustrating given the length of study sessions sometimes. >=20 > As I said elsewhere in that email, I don't expect everyone to do so. I > just know several who have. As tablets and such get more powerful and the > connection systems get better it will become a more appealing option for > more and more users. >=20 > But for a large number of non-technical users, I can see it being the most > appealing option already. If all they want is a toy with a Web browser and an email client, I guess that works for them. I don't know if they really count for purposes of discussing the possible replacement of desktops and laptops, though, because what they really need is not a general-purpose personal computer at all. > > > > Also, due to the nature of the course-work I absolutely could not work > > with anything other than UNIX and so I have to select my hardware around > > my choice of OS which of course is FreeBSD. >=20 > Which nicely brings us back to where this thread started: What needs to > happen to make sure FreeBSD stays relevant as computing moves to these > devices? ;) (Or should FreeBSD try to be relevant to the end-user at > all? Part of what makes this an appealing option is increased 'cloud > computing', and FreeBSD has an obviously relevant place in that, as a > high-performance and high-reliability server platform.) Getting FreeBSD on my Android smartphone without losing basic functionality (support for all the hardware on the thing, essentially) would be a good start. I'd take NetBSD or OpenBSD, too. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4oXdoACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXdMACgnRcMlU39jParlSBeVlAbB1ZS bXoAn2IEC45Gxv6InrQY07PujvFsIVJe =M6Ow -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6--
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