On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:00:46 +0000 (UTC), you wrote: >Bill Nottingham <notting <at> redhat.com> writes: >> JB (jb.1234abcd <at> gmail.com) said: >> > Now this: >> > http://gnome3.org/ >> > >> > "A satisfying experience, whatever kind of computer you use: GNOME 3 will >> > feel right at home on netbooks as well as larger machines" >> > >> > Really ? Like servers. workstations, PCs, notebooks ? Used by RH enterprise >> > customers, non-technical businesses (big and small), users who do not sleep >> > with their computers but use them as *tools* to accomplish their daily >> > tasks ? >> >> Why, yes, that would be the goal. Is there something wrong with that? >> (You've essentially restated the goal without comment or data. How am I >> supposed to parse that, other than just implied sarcasm?) > >I forgot to mention that there is an opinion or stated goal of GNOME 3 that >its target should be "smart devices" (the food chain below netbooks), that's >why the new GUI of its Shell. > >I do not think you can cover with one infrastructure and GUI a spectrum of >so different hardware, software, and DE requirements. I think the next 5 years will be very surprising to you then. HP has announced that webOS will be running on everything: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/02/hp-webos-also-coming-to-notebooks-and-desktop-computers.ars Apple has given hints that they are moving iOS and Mac OS closer in the last OS presentation. Motorola is a bit early, but clearly is demonstrating where it appears we are heading with their Atrix phone (see webtop): http://www.motorola.com/consumers/CA-EN/Motorola-ATRIX-CA-EN.do?vgnextoid=121bd4c5ec70d210VgnVCM10000081bbb00aRCRD This blog post really says it all: http://chrisfenwick.com/home/2011/4/25/what-10-years-can-do.html Consider that since the iPhone 4 we have moved to dual processor ARM, with quad-core ARM announced for sometime in 12 - 24 months. It certainly appears that for a very large number of people their phone/computer are going to become one and the same, and it is going to be very interesting to see. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
