Linked by Joshua Boyles on Mon 9th Jun 2003 16:45 UTC
This entire article is written as a proposal to a coprporation for a new, very unique computing system. Please offer criticism and suggestions to improve the system, and tell me whether you think it could work. What exactly is the "Edge Computing System" And more importantly, why would I want to go to the trouble of developing it? The Edge Computing System is just that, an entire system, not just a new type of computer or new software suite. The Edge is the means by which you can have your personal computer with you at all times.
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Geez, I can't foresee anytime in the future where I'll be paying for the Linux kernel, the GNU/Linux OS and free open source softwares. At least not anytime in the near future. Now if all this was for free. It's nice in theory, but lets be pragmatic, secondary storage devices such as hard disks are getting faster, better and bigger. Take Mac's ipod for example. It's a mp3 hard disk that I've slammed on the floor more than once. I even jog around with it. And it is yet to fail me. So the argument about hard disk reliability while noteworthy, is not as terrible as you make it sound.
This idea is very similar to a Linux distro called knoppix. It's basically a cd and a floppy containing your popular Linux desktop environment,user settings and other pertinent Linux files. In fact, I suggest every Linux user has a copy of Knoppix in addition to their primary Linux distro for those times when you want to do things on Linux as opposed to Windows, at work, at relatives place, in a library etc.