On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 09:29:57PM -0800, Todd Walton wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:25:43 -0800, Andrew P. Lentvorski, Jr. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe. But I think the bigger meme is going to be that PC's > > need to go away. Most users would rather have a closed box > > that is the responsibility of someone else and would likely pay > > for the privilege. > > That's one of my biggest fears about the future of computing. I keep > coming up with reasons the PC won't go away, to soothe myself. > Realistically, I don't see why it couldn't happen though. I can see a > future in which the most general purpose of computing devices is > something like a Playstation. Fixed hardware, limited software > opportunities, locked up by DMCA and ilk. >
I've worried about that, too, but I don't think it's possible. True innovators are still out there, and they need the flexible platform. Business won't let the legislators take away the next spreadsheet of project management breakthrough. ... I hope. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
