Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > A computers will always need an OS to manage it hardware and > applications, whether it's a Dell, a Sun SPARC, a Linux white box, a > microwave oven, a cell phone, a router, etc, but applications are > becoming independent of the OS. Microsoft's model for growth and > control of the market has been to make its suite of very popular > applications dependent on its Windows OS. In the sense that > applications are becoming more and more OS agnostic/independent, and are > designed to run over the internet, which includes the infrastructure > that ties all the computers and OS(s) into one big network, it seems to > me the internet can be seen as the new OS, and this is what I meant when > I said the internet is the new OS.
This is exactly the appeal (from my POV) of Dabo -- write it once and it'll run (the exact same code) on Windows, Linux, or Mac. Paul/Ed -- correct me if I'm wrong, or absolutely chime in to ram this point home. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
