> > Actually we need to broaden the definition of a computer here. > > Here goes my latest example. > > > Those are appliances. You can't run OOo on the vonage phone. You can't > do general purpose computing stuff (aka run random applications) on that > phone. > probably I dont care to need to. Thats the whole point.
Another good example would be the highly modified keyboards/terminals at POS terminals. A computer without any ambiguity, but you probably wouldnt be able to use it at home for OO or other things. Remind me again, what are we arguing about? *********************************************************************** According to the theory of aerodynamics, a bumble bee cannot fly. A bumble bee is not aware of this theory and so it decides to fly anyway. *********************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
