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This tidbit from the interviewer made me laugh: > Surely there’s an opportunity there for the global Linux community to influence laptop design for the betterm
by spwert 14y ago
This tidbit from the interviewer made me laugh:
> Surely there’s an opportunity there for the global Linux community to influence laptop design for the betterment of everyone?
Yes, because Linux-influenced hardware has worked out so well in the past. Do we really want to reenact the Android catastrophe in the laptop space?
- davegauer 14y agoWhat Android hardware catastrophe? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious.
- olalonde 14y agoPerhaps he is referring to hardware fragmentation? Calling it a catastrophe seems a bit exaggerated given the enormous success of Android though.
- zerostar07 14y ago"a bit exaggerated" or "wild distortion of facts" ?
- prezjordan 14y agoA bit exaggerated. The direction Android has taken really rubs me the wrong way. The hot new phone is obsolete after 3 months and stuck with an old OS unless you root. It's not a trend I can appreciate the way I did when Android first surfaced.
- pook1e 14y agoI never understand this argument. How is an Android phone more obsolete than an iPhone after 3 months? Technology progresses just as fast in both cases.
- RobAtticus 14y agoI think he was referring to the fact that many Android phones don't receive updates after the first few months, whereas iPhones are typically receiving updates at least 2 years after release.
- pook1e 14y agoFair enough. I assumed he was talking about being obsolete hardware wise. I'll agree that Android updates aren't exactly timely, but saying they're abandoned completely after a few months is a bit unfair.
- jekub 14y agoThis show that it's not so unfair : http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphan...
- zerostar07 14y ago"Catastrophe" is a word describing a grave disaster. I suppose you would characterize the IBM PC explosion as a catastrophe as well?
- ZeroGravitas 14y agoAnd more importantly, by what theory is Linux being held responsible for it? I'm not genuinely curious, I'm just being facetious.
- zobzu 14y agothen again most drivers for the "android hardware" are proprietary.
- ben0x539 14y agoBefore you said Android, I thought you were going for the OLPC laptops. :-)