> You need to seriously re-examine that "network is the > computer" chant, and how well it jives with the > world you've described... where you've robbed the > average person of their computing power -- and their > choice -- simply because they're not an expert with > the OS *at hand*. "The network is the video cable" > you mean, perhaps?
Why are we still slaving to the notion that just because something is a server, it *must* be on the internet? Well, why must it be on the Internet? Can't we have a server that sits in a living room or in a closet or in the basement, which stores all our data on encrypted disks, centrally, secured by ZFS? Which contains all our applications, that enable us to manage our data, photos, movies, music, documents? Which provides applications in the forms of http:// URIs and enables us to do the exact same things we previously needed to install applications for on disparate systems? Why couldn't it stream all this data to several clients around the house at the same time? And why must we slave to the dogma of a beige-box PC with an "OS" and "a desktop" with a bunch of clicky-bunty icons - ancient stuff invented almost 30 years ago that no longer even *fits* the way we live and use computers? Why can't the desktop dogma be challenged? Why must we keep trying to fit square pegs into round holes, why, why, why? When and how are we going to move on, if challenging the computing dogma is *unthinkable*? This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
