Sun has Solaris available for x86. No doubt there was a lot of debate similar to what's happening. However, there is a difference. The difference lies in who the customers are. Does Apple perceive its customers as driven by hardware or software?
Sun has been clear about its stand. Hardware is what they think will rake in the moolah. Software is incidental.
The question I want to ask is, whether we want Mac hardware or Mac software. If software is the answer, then there may be an overwhelming case for porting OS X to x86. If hardware is the answer, convincing Apple may be tough.
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I've used linux for years now. Mainly at home and a little at work. The question I want to ask is.... Can Linux be Everything for Everybody?
Some people want to use it for the desktop. Others want it as a Web-server. Some more want Supercomputers using linux. Someone put linux in a watch. And still people complain about linux not doing this or not doing that.
We, the linux community have to clear about what we want linux to do. Do we want a General Purpose OS? Do we want eye-candy? Do we want it to be the first choice for Business? Do we want it to work on a PDA? Do we want "Mission Critical" apps?
What do we want?
To be precise, Slashdot is a specialized community. Lets face it. Most of us are nerds:-) We tend to stick to only what we consider as cool. What Yahoo, MSN and other bigwigs cater to is completely different. More varied topics are discussed in those places.
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Why not a war of clones??
Let vi and emacs take some rest while xemacs and vim slug it out..
And the winner is..
Let me take the question a little further.. Why do I need a PDA?
Battles have been won.. but is the war over??
Apple has to make the same choice as Sun.
Sun has Solaris available for x86. No doubt there was a lot of debate similar to what's happening. However, there is a difference. The difference lies in who the customers are. Does Apple perceive its customers as driven by hardware or software?
Sun has been clear about its stand. Hardware is what they think will rake in the moolah. Software is incidental.
The question I want to ask is, whether we want Mac hardware or Mac software. If software is the answer, then there may be an overwhelming case for porting OS X to x86. If hardware is the answer, convincing Apple may be tough.
I've used linux for years now. Mainly at home and a little at work. The question I want to ask is.... Can Linux be Everything for Everybody?
Some people want to use it for the desktop. Others want it as a Web-server. Some more want Supercomputers using linux. Someone put linux in a watch. And still people complain about linux not doing this or not doing that.
We, the linux community have to clear about what we want linux to do. Do we want a General Purpose OS? Do we want eye-candy? Do we want it to be the first choice for Business? Do we want it to work on a PDA? Do we want "Mission Critical" apps? What do we want?
As the proverb goes, Jack of all, master of none
Is this what we want?
Don't tell me this is going to be at 9.6kbps. No one mentions the speed. Ya, sure you can play games, but what type of games?? Bricks anyone??
Is this going to be the same games we played years back or is there going to be some PS2 eating, Xbox slaying RPGs??
I-mode is like WAP. Its a mechanism for transferring information. Its not a Broadband technology. Modern Games *need* bandwidth.
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To be precise, Slashdot is a specialized community. Lets face it. Most of us are nerds :-) We tend to stick to only what we consider as cool. What Yahoo, MSN and other bigwigs cater to is completely different. More varied topics are discussed in those places.