From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1H13Et-0002XR-6p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:08:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kBVG61fp006938; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:06:01 GMT Received: from smtp1.iway.na (smtp1.iway.na [196.44.136.15]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBVG2mfd018621 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:02:49 GMT Received: from vscan.iway.na (vscan.iway.na [196.44.136.13]) by smtp1.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id F05F164A1 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:02:43 +0200 (WAST) Received: from mx2.iway.na (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vscan.iway.na (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8290D8B1B6 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:02:45 +0200 (WAST) Received: from uwix.alt.na ([196.44.156.157]) by mx2.iway.na (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id JB5B8J00.GSR for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:02:43 +0200 Received: from uwe by uwix.alt.na with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H138o-0003E6-4i for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:02:30 +0200 From: Uwe Thiem Organization: SysEx (Pty) Ltd. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: anti-portage wreckage? Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:02:29 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <89646b4a0612241752i127b3c29iec9f88687085c6c@mail.gmail.com> <4597AA7A.2070302@planet.nl> <200612311341.12472.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200612311341.12472.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612311802.29568.uwix@iway.na> Sender: Uwe Thiem X-Archives-Salt: 8ed42f20-a9f3-4185-a6a1-183e45a88d75 X-Archives-Hash: bbcc5d3bdd3bf9f073201469e26b3ee1 On 31 December 2006 15:40, Mick wrote: > The PC centric desktop on which M$ built their business model may be under > threat. If the WebOS [1], GoogleOS [2], internet based desktop [3], etc. > take off, then what will enable Gentoo to become a predominant system of > choice both in the server and in the thin client markets? I don't think > that Redmond will have much of a problem packaging a ROM embedded version > of a thin client system and pushing it to all the Joe-public out there, who > currently (mostly) blindly buy their products. Inertia may of course lead > to their demise if they continue to market the individual desktop PC > solution, but I wouldn't count on it. This won't happen for various reasons. In the business world, the main reason is security. Who will trust an "Internet Desktop Provider" with their internal documents? In the world of home computing, there are actually two main reasons. The first is porn. The second is nearly photo-realistic games. Another, not that important, reason is that there are vast areas in the world where bandwidth is insufficient and far too expensive for it. Uwe -- A fast and easy generator of fractals for KDE: http://www.SysEx.com.na/iwy-1.0.tar.bz2 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list