Why develop an OS, when a free one is there waiting for you to add to it.
Let's see... - on one side, you've got Apple - own OS + own hardware. On the other side, you'v got the army of "everybody else", Google's Android + own hardware. Now what possible difference could make on more addition to that Android soup ?
I am glad RIM decided to forge it's own OS - that has the potential of making them a strong player in the smartphone contest. And what's event better - it's QNX based, which means - native apps, oh yeeeeaaah ! Take that, Java !
... is that in our present age - it is not economically viable. These recent bankrupts just further reinforce my view.
Solar energy doesn't stand a chance against competitors like oil and coal. The only major reason it's still alive - is because of the global warming. We are forced to look for alternative sources of energy. It's not as if we had found this charming new technology, that sweeps out the old ones, because it's cheaper, more efficient or whatever. No. It's because if we don't sweep them old ones out - they will sweep us from the surface of this planet.
The cost of being forced to use this energy is the one which drags it down.
Mind you - I'm not against using solar panels. Or better put this way - I'm against global warming. I don't care what energy source one uses, as long as they' don't have any serious negative side-effects.
My ideal would be that, some time in the future, we create artificial photosynthesis on a global scale. This would solve a lot of problems - green-house effect (and global warming by extension), CO2 levels, de-forestation of the planet, and the energy problem. But I don't think we'll get there any time soon.
For the time being we're stuck with electrical cars and solar panels.
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Why develop an OS, when a free one is there waiting for you to add to it.
Let's see... - on one side, you've got Apple - own OS + own hardware. On the other side, you'v got the army of "everybody else", Google's Android + own hardware. Now what possible difference could make on more addition to that Android soup ? I am glad RIM decided to forge it's own OS - that has the potential of making them a strong player in the smartphone contest. And what's event better - it's QNX based, which means - native apps, oh yeeeeaaah ! Take that, Java !
..cause the one you gave is no good, that's not English...
... is that in our present age - it is not economically viable. These recent bankrupts just further reinforce my view.
Solar energy doesn't stand a chance against competitors like oil and coal. The only major reason it's still alive - is because of the global warming. We are forced to look for alternative sources of energy. It's not as if we had found this charming new technology, that sweeps out the old ones, because it's cheaper, more efficient or whatever. No. It's because if we don't sweep them old ones out - they will sweep us from the surface of this planet.
The cost of being forced to use this energy is the one which drags it down.
Mind you - I'm not against using solar panels. Or better put this way - I'm against global warming. I don't care what energy source one uses, as long as they' don't have any serious negative side-effects.
My ideal would be that, some time in the future, we create artificial photosynthesis on a global scale. This would solve a lot of problems - green-house effect (and global warming by extension), CO2 levels, de-forestation of the planet, and the energy problem. But I don't think we'll get there any time soon. For the time being we're stuck with electrical cars and solar panels.
...that Java is the New COBOL.