I think this is the big problem -- the various "theys" over the years "don't see the need for it"
________________________________ From: Bert Freudenberg <[email protected]> To: Fundamentals of New Computing <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, July 25, 2011 12:35:33 PM Subject: Re: [fonc] Alan Kay talk at HPI in Potsdam On 25.07.2011, at 19:13, Jakob Praher wrote: > Dear Alan, > Dear List, > > the following very recent announcement might be of interest to this > discussion: >http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.platform/browse_thread/thread/7668a9d46a43e482 > > > To quote Andreas et al.: > "Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor > stacks >for application development. To make open web technologies a better basis for >future applications on mobile and desktop alike, we need to keep pushing the >envelope of the web to include --- and in places exceed --- the capabilities >of >the competing stacks in question. " > Though there is not much there yet (just a kind of manifesto and a readme > file >on github) https://github.com/andreasgal/B2G, I think this is a encouragning >development, as the web becomes more and more a walled garden of giants, I >think >we desperately need to have open APIs. Strong open client APIs hopefully bring >more power to individuals. What do you think? > > Cheers, > -- Jakob I did ask in that thread about exposing the CPU, a la NativeClient. (It's a usenet group so you can post without subscribing, nice) Short answer is that they don't see a need for it. - Bert - _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list [email protected] http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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