Star Microsoft's Big Announcement Next Monday: What's Up?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 8th Jul 2009 22:09 UTC
Microsoft With Google being in the spotlight with its announcement of the Google Chrome OS, and what this could possibly mean for Microsoft, something almost slipped us by: apparently, Microsoft has a big announcement coming next Monday during its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans - and it's related to Chrome OS. Let the speculation begin!
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RE: *yawn*
by TBPrince on Thu 9th Jul 2009 16:14 UTC in reply to "*yawn*"
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I want to hear something new and exciting in computing. New operating system based on a browser? Boring. New browser being released? Boring. Programs to run in the browser? Boring. New netbook operating system? Boring. Where's the cool new tech? Where's the artificial intelligence that makes my computer smart enough to run my life or anticipate my needs? What about a truly original new UI? No. Instead, we're treated to the same announcements that we were hearing in 1997. Next you'll be embedding MIDI files on the site and putting up animated GIFs of the dancing baby. I'm not criticising OSnews, I'm criticising the IT industry - let's have some real improvements, not just farting around with web browsers and a bunch of netbooks with identical specifications!


I second that. Without this netbook hype (which will fade soon when those little kids will find that netbooks are quite useless), IT industry would be in crisis.

However, that's not fault of IT people themselves. Since end of 70s, innovations in hardware led to better softwares. Now there aren't true innovations in H/W, only upgrades to make stuff more powerful, less energy-hungry and so on.

Until we will meet some true H/W innovation (or some other technology will become affordable... think to multi-touch screens...), I don't think software will be able to bring many surprises.

Only thing that could bring some new air is faster and more-widespread Internet connections at low or no cost at all. That would make possibile to develop new kind of software.

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