It's reasonable to believe that what we call an OS today will resemble something more like a firmware update in the future. For example I just updated the firmware on my DVD on player to increase support for subtitles. Why shouldn't the "cryptic" underpinnings of an OS be relegated to something more similar to that of a huge BIOS.
A move in this direction would eventually standardize computing and force us to buy our computers from vendors like Dell and would likely impose a subscription model like MS has been trying to move to for ages.
Of course, computer pundits have been crowing about this for years. We're just witnessing a step towards that inevitability.
Seconded.
There's nothing like trying to sift though a listing of dozens of products with misleading monikers. A search for something like a used video card will yield nothing but a mess of mislabeled products priced far above retail. The video card manufacturers are somewhat to blame for this as well, but that tale is for another day.
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It's reasonable to believe that what we call an OS today will resemble something more like a firmware update in the future. For example I just updated the firmware on my DVD on player to increase support for subtitles. Why shouldn't the "cryptic" underpinnings of an OS be relegated to something more similar to that of a huge BIOS. A move in this direction would eventually standardize computing and force us to buy our computers from vendors like Dell and would likely impose a subscription model like MS has been trying to move to for ages. Of course, computer pundits have been crowing about this for years. We're just witnessing a step towards that inevitability.
Seconded. There's nothing like trying to sift though a listing of dozens of products with misleading monikers. A search for something like a used video card will yield nothing but a mess of mislabeled products priced far above retail. The video card manufacturers are somewhat to blame for this as well, but that tale is for another day.