-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Wednesday, 2009-05-06 at 08:10 -0300, Everaldo Canuto wrote:
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:24 AM, G T Smith <> wrote:
And whats about the countries that don't have fast internet connection available for all the people? Do you think that "Cloud" solution can be applied to this countries in the mid to long term?
That's a good point.
Agreed, there has been discussion before about a divide between those who have access to I.T. and those who do not, not just between the third world and the 'developed' world but within the developed world. However, I do think the many third world states face more pressing problems than internet access...
But he wasn't really talking about openSUSE, but rather linux trends in general.
In any case, I prefer in house computing, not cloud computing, trends be dammed! >:-P
You and me too... but we have the advantage of having a good idea of what we are doing most of the time :-) More on the subject, people do seem to confuse knowing how to use I.T. as a tool and looking after the tool. In the main most people know or care little about looking after the tool, they just need to use it. The frequently used metaphor of computers should be like a car always bring me to the description that if cars were computers they would be travelling a 1000 miles an hour blowing up every six months or so killing the driver and all the passengers. Cars (fortunately) are not computers.... Most attempts to simplify the use of computers as a tool just introduce more hidden complexity and therefore more ways things can go wrong, which makes those who know or care little about maintaining the tool have even less comprehension about what is happening when they do go wrong. Linux/UNIX is built on some fairly simple (at one level) building blocks on which more complex operations can be built by bolting together these simple blocks (most GUI applications merely encapsulate these building block combinations). This gives *NIX the flexibility which is its biggest strength. If this concept is mislaid in a misguided attempt to attract the basic I.T. tool user then what you have will no longer be Linux/UNIX. Both sides in this discussion are correct in context, if people take charge of the individual security of the machines there should be a simplified manner for them to do so, however computer security is quite complex and if you do not comprehend the implications of a security decision you should not take that decision. This is a potentially paradoxical situation. There are two possible solutions, firmware based OS systems (such as in many handheld devices and games consoles) where the users cannot change basic functionality, or for dynamic functionality on hosted systems where changes can be monitored by those who (supposedly) know what they are doing.
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
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