From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 21 21:35:40 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 3D536106564A for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:35:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 073008FC12 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:35:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15732 invoked by uid 0); 21 Jul 2011 21:35:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 21 Jul 2011 21:35:39 -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=cDGXcWshem/pgRYkb9hf4gzhXYWgdMiuwwhK+muZVErfyDu4K/KbBimVp1oVYzuQTS6KORxZkj8fa/cG5FCUYsqE4lAyY+RhqA4XoRkd+gZ5BHazMMf4Ncn/i+MxbZKt; 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 1Qk0uA-0006FX-5c for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:35:39 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:18:56 -0600 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:18:56 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110721211856.GA69737@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <375e5bcac1acd4b781ef97bd1718e689.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <20110721161356.GI5129@think.gnix.co.uk> <20110721171154.GA69523@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z" 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 21:35:40 -0000 --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 02:06:04PM -0400, Daniel Staal wrote: > On Thu, July 21, 2011 1:11 pm, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > If all they want is a toy with a Web browser and an email client, I gue= ss > > 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. >=20 > One of the people I know uses this as his work laptop, running Excel, > Powerpoint, Outlook, Word, etc. (Of course, he's not running Android at > that point...) The 'laptop' is a tablet in a case with a bluetooth > keyboard. He uses this _at his desk in the office, next to a desktop > computer._ (Because he can then take the work home with him, or bring it > to a meeting.) Frankly, I'm of the opinion that an office suite is just more toy software. It just happens to be toy software with ungodly resource requirements and a veneer of "professionalism". Until I get the kind of development environment I have on my FreeBSD systems, ability to run test environments (Web servers, for instance), and so on, I don't call it a full-power OS. If all you're doing with it is email, making slides for another pointless presentation, and updating your resume, you're still using a toy, or maybe an appliance. I suppose others might disagree. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4ol8AACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWjcwCg5vONqXVbJzEY/jXHCCTiNvSe X0sAnRvh9Ey2d2IKYDF36dOS6hqbaKWJ =ViuX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Nq2Wo0NMKNjxTN9z--