On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:32 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[email protected]> wrote: > This seems to me to be a red herring. What does connectivity have to do > with your choice of OS?
While technically possible to write all sort of sw yourself, you choose an OS based on the affordances it offers. The OSs being discussed (Android, ChromeOS) have very strong assumptions about ubiquitous connectivity to the internet and the role of the device (network client, not peer, not server). With enough work and time you may be able to provide all the missing bits and fix the broken libraries and APIs. You might even rewrite the apps in the app store to work without connectivity. m -- [email protected] [email protected] -- Software Architect - OLPC - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
