Comments on: The OS As We Know It Is Dead… http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/ Digital Media Engineering Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:56:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Andy Buck http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21106 Andy Buck Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:09:13 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21106 Gotta love US MIlitary Technology. Would be better if we figured out how to use it. :) I for one DO NOT do 90% of all of my work in the browser because that's not how my life is (yet). Perhaps when they move PPM apps (you know and love these, Robin) and the other corporate tools (Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, mail) into that space, that might change (please don't tell me Google Apps yet). But I'm still stuck with one foot in the client/server world that hasn't changed much in a dozen years or so and another enjoying the connected apps that are using XML and the trusty browser. If our work will all be done in the browser, what we need is a stable browser. Or at least a formally followed browser standard as anyone stuck having to ditch out of Safari on the Mac will aptly attest when they're greeted by "Your browser is not supported, please try Firefox or (worse yet) Internet Exploder." Gotta love US MIlitary Technology. Would be better if we figured out how to use it. :)

I for one DO NOT do 90% of all of my work in the browser because that’s not how my life is (yet). Perhaps when they move PPM apps (you know and love these, Robin) and the other corporate tools (Word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, mail) into that space, that might change (please don’t tell me Google Apps yet). But I’m still stuck with one foot in the client/server world that hasn’t changed much in a dozen years or so and another enjoying the connected apps that are using XML and the trusty browser.

If our work will all be done in the browser, what we need is a stable browser. Or at least a formally followed browser standard as anyone stuck having to ditch out of Safari on the Mac will aptly attest when they’re greeted by “Your browser is not supported, please try Firefox or (worse yet) Internet Exploder.”

]]> By: BBrian http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21035 BBrian Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:18:19 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21035 http://www.adobe.com/products/air/ http://www.adobe.com/products/air/

]]> By: BBrian http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21018 BBrian Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:49:45 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21018 I'm currently administering two simple Win2k3 domains and using RDP a few times a week to work from home. It's dead handy as all my apps and websites are left open between visits. Think virtual desktops/Spaces but accessible from any computer. I'd like to set up a computer at home and RDP into it for any personal work, or maybe a dedicated virtual box. It would also get around any firewalls and leave few traces wherever you log in. I’m currently administering two simple Win2k3 domains and using RDP a few times a week to work from home. It’s dead handy as all my apps and websites are left open between visits.

Think virtual desktops/Spaces but accessible from any computer. I’d like to set up a computer at home and RDP into it for any personal work, or maybe a dedicated virtual box. It would also get around any firewalls and leave few traces wherever you log in.

]]> By: Robin Blandford http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21013 Robin Blandford Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:02:53 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21013 Nice BBrian - cheers for that link. Great stuff. I'll keep an eye on Prism. Nice BBrian - cheers for that link.

Great stuff. I’ll keep an eye on Prism.

]]> By: BBrian http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21012 BBrian Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:43:53 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21012 Also see: http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/ Also see:
http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/

]]> By: BBrian http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21011 BBrian Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:40:58 +0000 http://www.bytesurgery.com/blog/2008/02/25/the-os-as-we-know-it-is-dead/#comment-21011 And we'll move towards thin client computing for all. ISPs will rent you a thin client ala Minitel; video will be no problem as bandwidth increases. Colleges can provide all their students will thin-client laptops, which will be near useless if stolen, as the server details will be set in a way Joe Criminal won't be able to change. Every student then has an equally powerful computer, which never goes obsolete. Even games consoles could go the same way. And we’ll move towards thin client computing for all. ISPs will rent you a thin client ala Minitel; video will be no problem as bandwidth increases. Colleges can provide all their students will thin-client laptops, which will be near useless if stolen, as the server details will be set in a way Joe Criminal won’t be able to change. Every student then has an equally powerful computer, which never goes obsolete.

Even games consoles could go the same way.

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