Ted wrote: > Before one can determine what SAGE's documentation should look like, I > think that one must first try to gain an understanding of how the > technologies that SAGE depends on ( and also technologies in general ) > are going to evolve over the next 20 years.
I'd like to give a concrete example of a technology that has just become available that could easily impact SAGE. The following Pico-ITX PCs from VIA are about to be released and they are more than capable of running the entire SAGE software suite: http://mini-itx.com/2007/06/02/via-epia-px-10000-pico-itx-review This PC is only 10cm x 7.2cm and it has the following specs: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/motherboards.jsp?motherboard_id=472 I think that SAGE-based calculators could be built with these devices along with dedicated SAGE servers that could be purchased with SAGE pre-installed. Pico-ITX already has the capability to allow new types of users to use SAGE that are different from the typical SAGE user. In the near future, the form-factor of a PC will shrink even further to the dimensions of a credit card which will enable SAGE-based devices to be included with books ( like CDs are included with books now ) or to be given away free as promotional items. These are just some of the more mild and obvious ways that computing technologies are going to evolve in the near future. Ted --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
