From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 21 17:28:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E35106564A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:28:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy1-pub.bluehost.com [66.147.249.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D8C3F8FC12 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4854 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jul 2011 17:28:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Jul 2011 17:28:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=VwIAvXKl1xITT+axpsvPL/tT4GzUe8EJKha+fm22KSOfhvwSOMiDyDk1VWJQb1WAY4WKBvyREzU8SxG680vsQPcwBhxr5RQ2XL0vMhIhFO/pSZkHOnTdRaMATtiKD9Ki; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qjx35-0004aH-HI for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:28:36 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:11:54 -0600 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:11:54 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110721171154.GA69523@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IJpNTDwzlM2Ie8A6" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:28:38 -0000 --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--