Doug Mentohl espoused:
> 'Wind River yesterday announced solid 3Q earnings, touting wins in
> embedded Linux consumer electronics. In its earnings call yesterday'
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3854518563.html

The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...

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"Mark Kent" wrote in message
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> Doug Mentohl espoused:
>> 'Wind River yesterday announced solid 3Q earnings, touting wins in
>> embedded Linux consumer electronics. In its earnings call yesterday'
>>
>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3854518563.html
>

> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...

As he posts this from a desktop machine.




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On 7 Dec, 15:21, "Keith Windsor" wrote:
> "Mark Kent" wrote in message

>> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...

> As he posts this from a desktop machine.

Only because you can't go into a computer shop and buy a desktop
appliance. And businesses are forced to use crapware such as in this
Internet cafe, the security of which a kid could bypass. Cafeagent and
Deepfreeze doing the protecting. Can't wait for the Russians to start
loading up fake login screens again ..

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ntohl/easy.jpg

Doug Mentohl espoused:
> On 7 Dec, 15:21, "Keith Windsor" wrote:
>> "Mark Kent" wrote in message
>
>>> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...
>
>> As he posts this from a desktop machine.
>
> Only because you can't go into a computer shop and buy a desktop
> appliance. And businesses are forced to use crapware such as in this
> Internet cafe, the security of which a kid could bypass. Cafeagent and
> Deepfreeze doing the protecting. Can't wait for the Russians to start
> loading up fake login screens again ..
>
> http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ntohl/easy.jpg
>

I regularly my N800 for this, in fact...

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____/ Mark Kent on Friday 07 December 2007 16:59 : \____

> Doug Mentohl espoused:
>> On 7 Dec, 15:21, "Keith Windsor" wrote:
>>> "Mark Kent" wrote in message
>>
>>>> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...
>>
>>> As he posts this from a desktop machine.
>>
>> Only because you can't go into a computer shop and buy a desktop
>> appliance. And businesses are forced to use crapware such as in this
>> Internet cafe, the security of which a kid could bypass. Cafeagent and
>> Deepfreeze doing the protecting. Can't wait for the Russians to start
>> loading up fake login screens again ..
>>
>> http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/i...ntohl/easy.jpg
>>
>
> I regularly my N800 for this, in fact...

Don't forget hybrids like Eee. Some of these are not your old-skool PC which
has BIOS and room for hardware extensions. 90%+ of the population will be more
than happy with an alliance that Just Works.

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On 2007-12-07, Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>> The desktop is dead, long live the appliance...
>
>> As he posts this from a desktop machine.
>
> Only because you can't go into a computer shop and buy a desktop
> appliance. And businesses are forced to use crapware such as in this

What about PS3?