__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Wednesday 07 February 2007 22:51 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Proprietary software will kill PC in 30 years, conference told
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>> | If proprietary software continues to dominate, within 10 years no one
>> | will be able to store any file and even view their own content without
>> | first paying a service provider to see it and the PC as we know it will
>> | be gone within 30 years.
>> `----
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http://m-net.net.nz/latest-news/1405/proprietary-software-will-kill-pc-in-30-years-conference-told/1/read.php
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> 30 years? I think it will be more like 4 years or less. If we don't start
> doing some SERIOUS DRM, TPM, TC, etc killing... we'll be tied to big
> brother a lot sooner than most people think.
I thought it was just a figure of speech. Or means of adding drama, not in
text, but in speech. I think that Knopper said this to a crowd, but I didn't
read this carefully (too much good Linux is flooding the Web and I just try
to catch up while missing plenty).
The growth of Linux will be explosive. It has all that it takes to make it.
Low cost (free) and network effect. The tipping point was surpassed some
time last year, IMHO. We're now sliding upwards at a pace that will increase
exponentially. Now, if only my capacity for posting to COLA could increase
exponentially to show this... ;-)
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