1. Re: Norm Goundry
Two points:
1) This is not JUST Norm Goundry's opinion. It certainly isn't an
original idea. I saw an interview with Bill Gates TWO YEARS AGO in which
he said that Microsoft is concerned that desktops are going to decline in
favour of all kinds of specialised smart appliances/computers and that their
R&D is very active in this area.
Additionally, this was how JAVA got started!!
>It is just my opinion,
> personal and professional business-wise, that the use of programming
> language directed towards PCs of all types, has hit its high-water mark,
and
> will soon become second-tier to the combined might of other, lesser
thought
> of devices. If one looks at the total amount of memory sold right now,
> embedded devices take the cake. This will only accelerate over the next
few
> years.
>I mentioned
> that this would be all 'Open System'; and I will be spending over 30,000
> dollars to even get allowed to do it legitimately (and a lot more than
that
> besides) so that others can get it FREE. This must mean something to some
> of you out there
2) $30,000 is VERY LITTLE money for development. E-letter just got 20
million dollars to develop the rough equivalent of electronic mass e-mail.
There are much, much bigger fish already working on the smart appliance
problems -- some are more or less "open" and some aren't !
Cheers!
--Warren
