On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 05:19:01AM -0400, Chris Laprise wrote: > This is probably an issue where Qubes will have to evolve in order to > succeed. Compare the "desktop Linux" category with Android: The latter has a > reference hardware platform in the form of Nexus. The significance of this > is often overlooked, but Google understands it. (Here, Windows is no real > exception as "IBM compatible" pre-dated "PC compatible" and the former was > its reference hardware platform while Windows predecessor MS-DOS gained in > popularity.)
For the Qubes vision to have impact beyond its current base of core early adopters, the project needs to sell that vision to long-term VC investors. Laptops are rapidly going obsolete, replaced by touch-screen mobile devices and, in the near future, eyeglass-mounted augmented reality, followed by virtual reality. Bringing a security-optimized, compartmentalized vision to these spaces is critical to scaling security for a billion+ users. Securing the laptop space is a rear guard action. Aggressively pursuing funds to secure new frontiers is more likely to produce real-world results that improve security for a huge chunk of humanity. My $0.02 jmp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/20160606123419.GB1124%40fedora-21-dvm. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
