Comments on: “X is the future, Y is the past” http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/ Dave Neary's view of the world Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Ryan Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:08:22 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/#comment-1245 Good analysis. The outcome of the spectrum auction just further solidifies the dominance of the mobile communications duopoly in the United States. As long as the cost of connectivity continues to climb, we won't be seeing a mobile revolution. Good analysis. The outcome of the spectrum auction just further solidifies the dominance of the mobile communications duopoly in the United States. As long as the cost of connectivity continues to climb, we won’t be seeing a mobile revolution.

]]> By: Paul Cooper http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Paul Cooper Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:22 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/#comment-1241 Such pronouncements "A is dead, B is the new future" make me think of the radio - radio must have been killed off by a half dozen different technologies over the years. No doubt it lost it pre-eminence to TV (in the Western world), and is perhaps relegated to alarm clocks and cars, but is still a viable media channel. In the UK, some radio shows have audiences that equal prime time TV (but maybe that's because TV got killed by 'the internet' or video games or youtube ;-). While some technologies ultimately do die (anyone got a player piano) many others manage to find a successful niche after their bubble bursts (granted the 'niche' could be big, just not as giant as when that technology was at it's peak). Currently desktop 'thick-computing' is going through this, and no doubt the next cycle will show that 'Web2.0' centric computing overstretched itself in certain areas and something else, whether it's mobile or a resurgent niche of desktop or something new, will redress the balance. Such pronouncements “A is dead, B is the new future” make me think of the radio – radio must have been killed off by a half dozen different technologies over the years.

No doubt it lost it pre-eminence to TV (in the Western world), and is perhaps relegated to alarm clocks and cars, but is still a viable media channel. In the UK, some radio shows have audiences that equal prime time TV (but maybe that’s because TV got killed by ‘the internet’ or video games or youtube ;-) .

While some technologies ultimately do die (anyone got a player piano) many others manage to find a successful niche after their bubble bursts (granted the ‘niche’ could be big, just not as giant as when that technology was at it’s peak). Currently desktop ‘thick-computing’ is going through this, and no doubt the next cycle will show that ‘Web2.0′ centric computing overstretched itself in certain areas and something else, whether it’s mobile or a resurgent niche of desktop or something new, will redress the balance.

]]> By: Thomas Thurman http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 Thomas Thurman Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:03:02 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/#comment-1239 I did wonder for a moment whether this was going to be a post about whether our beloved window system was going to survive past its twenty-fifth year. I did wonder for a moment whether this was going to be a post about whether our beloved window system was going to survive past its twenty-fifth year.

]]> By: pvanhoof http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 pvanhoof Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:45:16 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2008/03/20/x-is-the-future/#comment-1238 Agree Agree

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