--- a b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Oh sure, all the resources invested in GNOME, KDE, > >will be replaced by XBOX-3600 running crap from M$. > >NOT! > > Here is something to consider: when PlayStation 3 > came out, a Linux kit was > also available, allowing one to turn a gaming > console into a workstation and > switch back and forth between the two. And since > Linux does support the X > windowing system, a PS3 could be used as a thin > client.
Hahaha. So you want to tell me that people will use fancy 3D desktops over a X network connection? 3D Pinball over Remote Desktop is just about playable...over X? Not a chance. > > So it's not as far away as you think. I believe that > the PS3 has a PPC > compatible CPU. So imagine what will happen once > OpenPolaris (PPC port of > Solaris) is finished. > > It will be just a matter of time. Really? You mock those who are asking for GUI stuff now when things are run locally (and it will always be so) but expect them to settle for GUI stuff over a remote X connection or agree to buying some device that is remotely controlled/managed and pay to use the GUI stuff too? > > >Hands up those who will put their stuff on Google > >Apps. Nobody? Aw. > > Of course not. Hopefully nobody will be that stupid > to put their private / > confidential data out there on the internet. But > that doesn't stop one from > using Google's application over the web (SSL > protected) and store the result > on one's home set-top box, which would be powered by > Solaris and essentially > be a consumer-friendly UNIX(R) server under the > hood. Have you seen a Wii? On the Wii, you can pay to download games and LOCALLY STORE and run them. Sorry, no thin client here. Okay, maybe since those games are run via an emulator. That is not much different from downloading from Internet, installing (Mac OS X is like just drop app and use) and then running on your PC like we do now and without an emulator. Thin client? Give me a break. > > And that would make desktop computing model with > GUIs obsolete. Sure there > would be a GUI, but a GUI following a whole > different usage / computing > model. Said model will have to forced down our throats. Somehow I don't see Sun Microsystems being a part of that nor do I see the success of any attempt to force such a model of computing/usage. > > >When you see Solaris on a game console. > > It's just a matter of time. In this case, I consider > the glass to be half > full. Great. Hopefully that means games on Solaris-based PCs too and therefore consumer Solaris and no more buggy, malware ridden Windows everywhere. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
