> (*) If the transform-to-netbook really works, it could have a major > impact on Linux. At the moment, the thing costs roughly 2x a netbook, > but it's just the start. In 6 months or so I think the price could get > closer. At that point, we'll have a Linux-based can-be-a-netbook-too and > rich of customer oriented multimedia apps (such as virtual keyboard > players, and so). The thing that Linux is continuously missing. Android > 3 could be the Linucanx killer for the customer segment. The > professionals segment is a different thing, of course. I can't give up > to my Eee netbook with Ubuntu where I have the terminal, I can install > lots of professional oriented tools, such as javac, NetBeans, Eclipse, > mysql, and so on... Not that I do lots of development on my netbook, > because it has limited CPU power, nevertheless I can use it when I'm > outside and I don't want to take my MacBook with me.
Have you upgraded to latest Ubuntu with Unity? It's pretty clear that Canonical sees where things might be going in the consumer space. Mobile computing power is growing ridiculously (the Galaxy S II phone that I just ordered comes with dual-core Cortex-A9 1.2GHz!) and they are working on the quad-core Cortex-A15 running at up to 2.5GHz. So I really don't think computing power will be a hindrance to "professional oriented tools" soon, except we'd need kernel and binaries compiled for the ARM instruction set. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
