From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,a8d0156246a83355 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 11390f,a8d0156246a83355 X-Google-Attributes: gid11390f,public X-Google-Thread: 110df7,a8d0156246a83355 X-Google-Attributes: gid110df7,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a8d0156246a83355 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,a8d0156246a83355 X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public From: �puma@hannover.sgh-net.de Subject: Re: Article: The shift away from user directed projects Date: 2000/03/29 Message-ID: <38e2abb2.13703965@news.hannover.sgh-net.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 603749961 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <0hHhOB6JC0shHWoiFENqSKhFoJol@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@sgh-net.de X-Trace: trinity.hannover.sgh-net.de 954313097 26073 193.218.208.4 (29 Mar 2000 06:58:17 GMT) Organization: SGH Internet Division Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.asm,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.basic Date: 2000-03-29T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: I feel you analysis pretty interesting but also as a kind of plea (?, word) to understand the industry's problematic situation when guessing or anticipating future directions in hardware and/ or software development. Maybe, a possible solution to these problems could be based on a different approach - transfering solutions from industries that are 'older' than computer indusrties, but still young enough to be comparable. In example, 70 (or so) years ago radios were built as 'all in one', like computers these days. Today, you still have the 'all in one' solution (cheap transistors), but you also have high end engines with tuners etc separated from ... till speakers which allows a much better planning for both, users and industries. Similar: Currently you let software (or the installation program) decide which 'type of computer' you will run in the end, a 'game computer' (i.e. win98), a server (i.e. freebsd), etc. (but you still have 'allround computers' with 'allround softwares'). Why not 'construct' computers that are specialized and optimized for a certain area/ usage (i.e. the 'secretary computer' etc). Then you might even offer 'cheap' to 'expensive' solutions within the intended area of use. Then-2, your 'only' problem could be 'reduced' to agree on general and international valid i/o standards (i.e. for interfaces, modules etc). In my mind, future computers (and softwares) should be based rather on modules, maybe even specialized modules, than on 'all in one' products. Sorry for my poor English. ---- On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:11:41 -0800, Myles Wakeham wrote: >I have written an article entitled "The shift away from user directed >projects" and would appreciate any feedback directly to my e-mail >address. > >Please feel free to take a look at it, at: > >www.techsol.org/tsart.html > >Hope it is of interest. > >Regards, > >Myles Wakeham >Sr. Consultant >Tech Solutions Inc. >Los Angeles, CA >myles@techsol.org