I think something like this is a good idea, but it has to be flawless. a system where anything you want can be paid for with one unit that you can also use to communicate with, that would make a lot of people's lives a lot easier. still, it must be excecuted perfectly, and then what about people having different models of cell phones? different services? it all goes back to the paradox of perfet execution.
there is a good part to this, however, there are downsides. if you use these computers on your lap, they most likely will be hotter. this is a good step, though, towards apple having the first 64 bit proccesor in a laptop, which would be uber nice. still a while yet, though methinks.
I myself live in mass (massholes unite!) and I've been thinking of this even before this happened. if schools and other public institutions started using more comples and, some would argue, better operating systems? well, that means some peoples jobs depend on how fast they can adapt to new standards. theres a guy who works at my school teaching digital photography, and he can barely use a windows station. slap linux on this and bam, he's out of a job. I love open source, I install linux onto anything that I can in my power. I think it would make my life better (I don't have to deal with the difference in putting linux files on a windows machine) however, it would make life harder for the other 97 percent of computer users. windows has the advantage of protecting us from ourselves. there is no init to kill. no kernel modules to delete. no kernel to compile, for that matter.
force is a key word here. linux has always been about choice. do I need this in my kernel? nah, i'll not compile it. do I need this? maybe, I'll compile it as a module. windows will force users to update, and even if it's not necessarily neccesary. for example, one guy who's behind a giant cisco firewall doesn't neccesarily need this giant 200 meg firewall update.
I'm not so sure about this, it seems like a good idea in hte sense of an employer not being able to sraw blood, but then again, is it really necessary? we'll have to see how it turns out, if hte house passes it.
I have seen it, but I've never really heard of it taking off too much. it is pushed in mobile phones, but in the states I've heard nothing really of it being anything like the developers said it would be.
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I think something like this is a good idea, but it has to be flawless. a system where anything you want can be paid for with one unit that you can also use to communicate with, that would make a lot of people's lives a lot easier. still, it must be excecuted perfectly, and then what about people having different models of cell phones? different services? it all goes back to the paradox of perfet execution.
there is a good part to this, however, there are downsides. if you use these computers on your lap, they most likely will be hotter. this is a good step, though, towards apple having the first 64 bit proccesor in a laptop, which would be uber nice. still a while yet, though methinks.
I myself live in mass (massholes unite!) and I've been thinking of this even before this happened. if schools and other public institutions started using more comples and, some would argue, better operating systems? well, that means some peoples jobs depend on how fast they can adapt to new standards. theres a guy who works at my school teaching digital photography, and he can barely use a windows station. slap linux on this and bam, he's out of a job. I love open source, I install linux onto anything that I can in my power. I think it would make my life better (I don't have to deal with the difference in putting linux files on a windows machine) however, it would make life harder for the other 97 percent of computer users. windows has the advantage of protecting us from ourselves. there is no init to kill. no kernel modules to delete. no kernel to compile, for that matter.
force is a key word here. linux has always been about choice. do I need this in my kernel? nah, i'll not compile it. do I need this? maybe, I'll compile it as a module. windows will force users to update, and even if it's not necessarily neccesary. for example, one guy who's behind a giant cisco firewall doesn't neccesarily need this giant 200 meg firewall update.
I'm not so sure about this, it seems like a good idea in hte sense of an employer not being able to sraw blood, but then again, is it really necessary? we'll have to see how it turns out, if hte house passes it.
I have seen it, but I've never really heard of it taking off too much. it is pushed in mobile phones, but in the states I've heard nothing really of it being anything like the developers said it would be.
this was just a horrible idea from the get-go. I really don't see why any of them would support it.
man, when will microsoft learn...