On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <[email protected] > wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Alexandre Bergel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Which is? >> >> >> >> Alexandre >> > >> > I read prediction Android may take it all. >> > >> > Remember the '80 with the PC open standard? Now it is the software which >> > is standard and pretty sure the Asian manufacturers will jump into, no? >> >> Ah ah! I have a different opinion. I think the humanity, now, cannot >> produce a reliable and efficient operating system that works on many >> different platforms while caring about the user. > > > Do you want to build the best OS ever? Just write a nice/sexy UI with: > > - a program to chat with all MSN/iChat/skype/etc > - firefox (consider using a that a microsoft office like website for > words, excels, etc) > - a program to listen to music > - a program to watch videos > - a program to read pdfs > > And that's all. You have covered 90% of the needs of 90% of the existen > users. > An OS that never fails, and that has just 5 buttons for those things, is > all they need. Don't even put names to programs, jsut: "chat" "internet" > "music" "videos" and "pictures" > cool ! An OS flamewar begins ! Love this. Linux rulez !!!!! Laurent > > cheers > > mariano > > > > >> The effort is simply too big. Microsoft knows about it. State-of-the-Art >> formal verification techniques simply cannot ensure that a driver will not >> crash your machine. And so, whatever the amount of money poured into it. >> >> By shipping the hardware, Apple is playing on a safe side. So, in my >> opinion, something like Ipad will rule on some point: a few different >> platforms, gorgeous interface, regarding the user as an intelligent being. >> >> Alexandre >> -- >> _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: >> Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu >> ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >
