Isn't Gnome going to be the default desktop on Sun hardware? While the.Net might be on Windows desktops and servers by default, Mono would most likely be on all linux and solaris boxes and servers by default. Thats some pretty big market share in and of itself.
It seems as though someone has forgotten who orginally created 2001: A Space Odyssey: Arthur C. Clark. While the imagery in Kubrick's film might have enhanced, extended, or created some of the metephors and symbols, I believe its incorrect to attribute everything the Kubrick.
This is refreshing for 2 major reasons, it is actually backed by someone with major clout, namely AT&T.
Second, this system is out to provide a safehouse for truly free speech, and not to provide a safehouse for rampant piracy.
With the right development, I wouldn't be suprised if this could be developed into a robust information repository (Like the library in SnowCrash?) However, it will be interesting to see if it becomes popular because it won't attract those who are really just in it for the warez and mp3z.
You bring up an intersting point, but the nature of a console system is different - they don't need 1GHz processors, or whatever is in the newest PC's at the time they debut. Because they are an integrated system, the consoles can do some amazing things, and besides, its not entirely the processor that counts, most frequently it the GPU, the graphics processor that gives the console its kick.
The Dreamcast only has a 200MHz processor, and the N64 has a 93.75MHz processor. And the Playstation? A blazing 33.8688MHz!
Imagine an Internet with all the regulations that people want to put onto it. Wouldn't that be terrible?
This overbearing internet would surely be less useful than its worth.
So, what happens when the internet becomes this way?
I'd a say a new Internet would be created, different protocols, goverened by different people, taking into account all the best possible technologies and regulations.
"Well isn't this the Internet 2?" No, the internet 2 already has corporate sponsors and will eventually (despite the fact that it isn't supposed to) become just as regulated and slow as the current one.
Thats when an "underground" internet gets started: running on a different protocol, where small groups of people start to provide access to others.
This "underground" internet harkens to the/. articles that have been posted recently about "private" and "small" BBS's of days gone by.
Unfortunately, who is to say that this new internet will not fall to the same fate as the current? Nothing, and unfortunatly, I must concede that human nature strives to be greedy and regulate. But under the right hands, with good legislation from the start (perhaps some sort of viral type rule, like the GPL that forbids certain types of legislation) it could become a better, bolder, more free internet.
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Isn't Gnome going to be the default desktop on Sun hardware? While the .Net might be on Windows desktops and servers by default, Mono would most likely be on all linux and solaris boxes and servers by default. Thats some pretty big market share in and of itself.
It seems as though someone has forgotten who orginally created 2001: A Space Odyssey: Arthur C. Clark. While the imagery in Kubrick's film might have enhanced, extended, or created some of the metephors and symbols, I believe its incorrect to attribute everything the Kubrick.
Its easy, as long as you don't produce anything, or have any money to begin with, its hard to bankrupt.
This is refreshing for 2 major reasons, it is actually backed by someone with major clout, namely AT&T.
Second, this system is out to provide a safehouse for truly free speech, and not to provide a safehouse for rampant piracy.
With the right development, I wouldn't be suprised if this could be developed into a robust information repository (Like the library in SnowCrash?) However, it will be interesting to see if it becomes popular because it won't attract those who are really just in it for the warez and mp3z.
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You bring up an intersting point, but the nature of a console system is different - they don't need 1GHz processors, or whatever is in the newest PC's at the time they debut. Because they are an integrated system, the consoles can do some amazing things, and besides, its not entirely the processor that counts, most frequently it the GPU, the graphics processor that gives the console its kick.
The Dreamcast only has a 200MHz processor, and the N64 has a 93.75MHz processor. And the Playstation? A blazing 33.8688MHz!
Be sure to take a look at the Project List page at oss.sgi.com, some interesting stuff is listed there.
But is there a better way? This issue has been debated for a long time now.
The age based system may incovenience or be wrong for some, but frankly, it works most of the time.
Imagine an Internet with all the regulations that people want to put onto it. Wouldn't that be terrible?
/. articles that have been posted recently about "private" and "small" BBS's of days gone by.
This overbearing internet would surely be less useful than its worth.
So, what happens when the internet becomes this way?
I'd a say a new Internet would be created, different protocols, goverened by different people, taking into account all the best possible technologies and regulations.
"Well isn't this the Internet 2?" No, the internet 2 already has corporate sponsors and will eventually (despite the fact that it isn't supposed to) become just as regulated and slow as the current one.
Thats when an "underground" internet gets started: running on a different protocol, where small groups of people start to provide access to others.
This "underground" internet harkens to the
Unfortunately, who is to say that this new internet will not fall to the same fate as the current? Nothing, and unfortunatly, I must concede that human nature strives to be greedy and regulate. But under the right hands, with good legislation from the start (perhaps some sort of viral type rule, like the GPL that forbids certain types of legislation) it could become a better, bolder, more free internet.