From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 16:59:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0602F106564A for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:59:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy4-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C3E738FC14 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:59:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 13764 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jul 2011 16:59:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2011 16:59:02 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=PhthDjF7U+LHX7xIgYdM8oPhUiZEFt/nhXZFS9xTwRXaXLfIcAnJts/07HM233kSkc1WyQNkZjXap8nJ4LFW4l5w3cZIlu54MokkhFlIzDYP6NzeSNVfBrRa3wV1MMjj; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QlOUf-0008HP-8e for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:59:02 -0600 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:42:09 -0600 Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:42:09 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110725164209.GA87314@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201107191452030693.017EE076@sentry.24cl.com> <86oc0iy7fe.fsf@brain.hack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86oc0iy7fe.fsf@brain.hack.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:59:04 -0000 --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:35:17PM +0200, Michael Cardell Widerkrantz wrote: > "Mike." , 2011-07-19 20:52 (+0200): > > > > Perhaps the real question should be - how much longer will the > > desktop be relevant? >=20 > I think it depends on what you mean by desktop. Traditional heavy PCs > might begin to disappear but people using mobile devices such as > smartphones might want to connect their devices to better monitors and > (better) keyboards. That's sort of a desktop. Another interpretation: The desktop is not relevant to me. All my computers running general purpose OSes are laptops and servers these days. Some of them are both. None of them are "desktops", in that they do not sit at or on a desk with external monitor, keyboard, and pointing device attached, ready to be used as workstations. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk4tnOEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUlTQCfbqDbFSI2nQAcHQVF2zqfkEa2 u3cAn1d9FUHOo55CD5VgVIsHS/t+y3zX =/a0v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd--