tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post2801071661528353779..comments2024-03-28T00:36:13.790-07:00Comments on Volatile and Decentralized: The dumbing down of operating systemsMatt Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255792550910131960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-60552588783703255542010-02-07T10:30:38.992-08:002010-02-07T10:30:38.992-08:00Not only is the iPad a dumbed down mac. But to a l...Not only is the iPad a dumbed down mac. But to a lesser extent so is Windows 7. Windows 7 does the same thing as Vista but uses less resources. This was the first Operating System made by Microsoft that that used less resources than the one before it. It seems that we have reached a point that the hardware has topped out at what people do the most. The next innovations will occur in network speeds. Because by going network centric is the only way content can be controlled. Steve Jobs sees the future and he is taking the control of it out of our hands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-56392945389367957612010-01-29T11:28:00.757-08:002010-01-29T11:28:00.757-08:00Well I agree with what is said above. I was really...Well I agree with what is said above. I was really interested in buying a iPad but now a tablet with no multi tasking seems useless. While I need a tablet mainly for internet, email and reading books, I still might want to use it for more now and then. <br /><br />As for Cloud OSs, I am working on software that enable cloud computing (distributed services managers, virtualization), but I wouldnt want all my data and OS to go to a cloud..I prefer to carry it around on my laptop...Sandip Devhttp://www.itsallpartoftheplan.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-32514681074736931222010-01-28T19:29:20.532-08:002010-01-28T19:29:20.532-08:00Nice analogy of ipad OS: regular OS::automatic tra...Nice analogy of ipad OS: regular OS::automatic transmission : manual transmission <br /><br />http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/various_ipad_thoughtsSuresh Venkatasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-15526374111184853122010-01-28T19:10:18.497-08:002010-01-28T19:10:18.497-08:00The Web browser is now the OS. This is a good thi...The Web browser is now the OS. This is a good thing - it means that we have yet another chance to reinvent everything from the ground up!Chris Lesniewski-Laashttp://lesniewski.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-19946826885147075932010-01-28T14:46:55.778-08:002010-01-28T14:46:55.778-08:00Wow...CS nerd snipe. :)
Consider that perhaps you...Wow...CS nerd snipe. :)<br /><br />Consider that perhaps you're projecting preconceived notions of what a computer is onto the iPad. Maybe it shouldn't be thought of as your desktop but rather as a special-purpose device. Your car is in many ways just as much of a computer system, with processors, software, etc., but you don't bemoan the irrelevance of OS advancement just because you don't know how to context-switch your car. ;)<br /><br />OS research is still very much relevant, but which parts are relevant where is very much dependent on context. With cloud computing and the increased use of shared infrastructure, parts of the computing world are going back to a time-sharing-ish world instead of a one-PC-per-person world. In that world, resource sharing, isolation, etc., topics one usually thinks of when one thinks about an "operating system," are still very apropos even if they seem less so in battery life-conscious single-application devices. <br /><br />I would also note that people seem to get too caught up in focusing on the operating system. Any system is a chain of tools and agents that stretches from the mental model of the programmer, to the compiler tools, to the computing and user environment, to the OS, and down to the hardware. There's no commandment that says certain properties have to be enforced at certain levels in all situations. Certain things we think of the OS as doing can often just as easily be accomplished (or accomplished with a different set of tradeoffs) somewhere else, e.g., the compiler toolchain. Apple chose a route where safety is maintained not only by the OS but by a limited API and a by-hand vetting process. For their environment, maybe that works. In others it might not.Nicknoreply@blogger.com