On 03/23/2012 05:59 AM, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
And yes smartphones are booming, but they're not booming because
they
are a good desktop substitute, they're booming because they are a
good dumbphone substitute (and before that digital cameras replaced
chemical cameras, and mp3 readers replaced walkmans, and I'm sure if
someone had counted the chips in them it would have made an
impressive established trend dwarfing the number of computers of that
era)
Let's not forget why we're talking about this. The point was made to put
more effort in developing ARM Fedora because of the increasing
importance of that platform. I believe that is a correct assessment in a
broad sense, even if the details are arguable. In my mind, it's as much
about the architecture as about the supported set of hardware features
and modes of user interaction.
I am not claiming that tablets are the ultimate platform that will
replace everything else. Rather, I think that the direct manipulation
GUIs that originated on the mobile devices are a good idea on all
platforms, and I prefer that a mature desktop system like Fedora evolves
to include it, rather than trying to add functionality to mobile
platform. I don't want Android on whatever I use at my desk in few years.
Don't get me wrong---I love my droid but it is sometimes a frustrating
relationship. A lot of tools that I am used to on the desktop are
missing---some for good reason (limitations of small screen, awkward
keyboard) but sometimes it's just not there because the dev environment
is too different and there's no port.