On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.bergel@me.com> wrote:

>> Which is?
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>> Alexandre
>
> I read prediction Android may take it all.
>
> Remember the '80 with the PC open standard? Now it is the software which
> is standard and pretty sure the Asian manufacturers will jump into, no?

Ah ah! I have a different opinion. I think the humanity, now, cannot produce a reliable and efficient operating system that works on many different platforms while caring about the user.

Do you want to build the best OS ever? � Just write a nice/sexy UI with:

- a program to chat with all MSN/iChat/skype/etc
- firefox� (consider using a that a microsoft office like website for words, excels, etc)
- a program to listen to music
- a program to watch videos
- a program to read pdfs

And that's all. You have covered 90% of the needs of 90% of the existen users.
An OS that never fails, and that has just 5 buttons for those things, is all they need. Don't even put names to programs, jsut: "chat" "internet" "music" "videos" and "pictures"

cool ! An OS flamewar begins ! Love this. Linux rulez !!!!!

Laurent

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cheers

mariano


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The effort is simply too big. Microsoft knows about it. State-of-the-Art formal verification techniques simply cannot ensure that a driver will not crash your machine. And so, whatever the amount of money poured into it.

By shipping the hardware, Apple is playing on a safe side. So, in my opinion, something like Ipad will rule on some point: a few different platforms, gorgeous interface, regarding the user as an intelligent being.

Alexandre
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