On 07/02/06 02:19 -0800, Abhishek Daga wrote: > > > 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. > I am not arguing about the definition of computer vs. appliance. In this case, a computer is a general purpose device, an appliance is not.
> Remind me again, what are we arguing about? > The requirement that a general purpose operating system on general purpose hardware behave like a black box appliance. Devdas Bhagat -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
