From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 10:35:33 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 5EDE9106566C for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:35:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1829C8FC0A for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:35:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QlIVW-0008J4-8Q for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:35:30 +0200 Received: from c-82-209-158-57.cust.bredband2.com ([82.209.158.57]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:35:30 +0200 Received: from mc by c-82-209-158-57.cust.bredband2.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:35:30 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Cardell Widerkrantz Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:35:17 +0200 Organization: Temple of the Moby Hack Lines: 20 Message-ID: <86oc0iy7fe.fsf@brain.hack.org> References: <201107191452030693.017EE076@sentry.24cl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-82-209-158-57.cust.bredband2.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pUUT+K+6lyWPB/XXBxJsP5uLza8= 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: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:35:33 -0000 "Mike." , 2011-07-19 20:52 (+0200): > Perhaps the real question should be - how much longer will the desktop > be relevant? I think it depends on what you mean by desktop. Traditional heavy PCs might begin to disappear but people using mobile devices such as smartphones might want to connect their devices to better monitors and (better) keyboards. That's sort of a desktop. In a business setting I can't see the desktop disappearing either. However, there are chances that we're moving towards even more thin client solutions. I think FreeBSD and Linux will power both ends, both clients and servers, in this scenario. -- http://hack.org/mc/ Use plain text e-mail, please. OpenPGP welcome, 0xE4C92FA5.