So why do I want one of these?
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OK, so I could have a web server in my clock radio, but other than that, what purpose would something like the uCSIMM offer the average joe? Is this mainly aimed at the embedded folks?
If you don't want to see it used, or don't want to develop on it, don't download it. To suggest a boycott of something you apparently don't even plan on using is ludicrous. Those who have a need and a desire to work on and contribute to the Darwin project will, and those who don't, won't. It will survive if and only if a community - much like the Linux community - grows around it.
I'm amazed at how many people in the smiling, benevolent Linux "community" of which you speak seem to get so pissed off when the new kids come play in the sandbox and ask to use the toys a bit differently than you do. I'm also amazed at how the words "open source" can be so rigid.
I think it's a great idea, if done right the first time. Way back when (1990), I was working on a masters thesis about the rise of human-computer communication (read: online communication), and how the traditional media didn't think it would work well because there were no editors to act as gatekeepers for what was good and what wasn't.
They were right, of course - USENET is proof. If articles can be weighted and scored by a number of moderators, the S/N ratio will improve. However, is it too much to hope for a spell checker?
...Microsoft four years to make the Mac version of Office comparable to the Windows version, we can all expect Office for Red Hat to be out in, say, 3 years.
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OK, so I could have a web server in my clock radio, but other than that, what purpose would something like the uCSIMM offer the average joe? Is this mainly aimed at the embedded folks?
I want one, but I want to know why I want one.
Dave
...but something went wrong with the manufacturing process that all the chips didn't properly seat.
In the second "Batman" movie, all the computers in Penguin's campaign headquarters are Apple IIIs.
Dave
Anyone have these yet?
Thanks,
Dave Manning
Sounds like the Apple eMate, which came out two years ago. Of course, getting the touch screen to work under Linux might be a bit hard.
My 60-year-old mother successfully installed MacOS 8.5 on her iMac, but since that's not a "real" OS, I guess it doesn't count.
It's good to see a company address the installation issue, though. We're getting close to the newbie/one-button click Linux installation.
Dave
I'm amazed at how many people in the smiling, benevolent Linux "community" of which you speak seem to get so pissed off when the new kids come play in the sandbox and ask to use the toys a bit differently than you do. I'm also amazed at how the words "open source" can be so rigid.
They were right, of course - USENET is proof. If articles can be weighted and scored by a number of moderators, the S/N ratio will improve. However, is it too much to hope for a spell checker?
Dave
At least they're trying. I'll hold judgment until after I hear what the plan is. And if ESR will be there, my interest is piqued.
...Microsoft four years to make the Mac version of Office comparable to the Windows version, we can all expect Office for Red Hat to be out in, say, 3 years.
Ah, OLE.