Things are a changing... The whole argument about who owns the desktop is irrelevant. It's like talking about who makes the best mini computer..(for those of us who have lived that long.. )
I'm not exactly typical, but in the past year I have purchased 2 Windows 8 laptops, more than 6 Android devices (Tablets, Phones, etc), and so far... 3 Chromebooks... ( I did acquire one Apple IOS device also.. but I got it for free.. so that really doesn't count.. ) The PC market is shrinking.. Small, compact, purpose driven devices are taking off. They don't want to worry about what OS runs what. People want functionality, ease of use, and reasonable cost. The reason why people in the past used Mach3 on Windows is that it was an affordable software package that was perceived as being "accessible". It ran on the most common computer platform, which by default ran the most popular OS. They didn't choose Mach3 because it ran on Windows. But the past is the past... and things are changing. Now people are using IOS and Android devices and not giving the OS a second thought. Any objections to using Linux are quietly fading away. 3-4 years ago that was a big deal. Now.. not much resistance.. after all it's just a PC. It's how do I start an app, stop an app, open multiple apps, copy a file to a stick drive... .. yeah ok, I got it, I'm good with that. The movement of LinuxCNC onto the Beagle Board is a big move in the right direction.. Mach3/4 has some problems in front of them. I have yet to find anyone who thinks that Microsoft is moving in the right direction with the Windows OS. Although I use it daily and find it only tolerable with a bunch of add ins. And Microsoft doesn't give a crap about real time support with their desktop OS system. If Mach3/4 wanted to move their software to a Beagle Board type platform... it would require a herculean effort, and since everyone has been waiting for Mach4 for YEARs now... that seems VERY unlikely. Some references: http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/in-the-smartphone-wars-its-ios-vs-android-and-windows-phone-vs-the-rest/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/27/npd_sales_figures_back_to_school_2013/ Dave On 10/8/2013 10:01 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > sam sokolik wrote: >> so - they want something like this? (thanks cmorley - (even if it was >> just a proof of concept)... :) ) >> >> http://linuxcnc.org/media/kunena/attachments/482/mapped.png >> >> > Arrgh! it looks like a pinball machine! > > An interesting conversation I had with a Mach user some time ago ended with > something like: > Me: "when was the last time Windows or Mach crashed on you?" > Him: "Umm, yesterday, I think...." > Me: "Last time I had a crash on my EMC system was in 1998, and it > completed the part, only the screen display froze." > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60134071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
