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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1. Flash is too expensive and too small.
2. Flash does have moving parts - the connector on your edge computer, and the pins on the flash card. These WILL wear out.
3. Flash can and does wear out as it has a limited number of writes. You can burn out a flash card by repeatedly overwriting it. A good example of this is taking a Linear Flash PCMCIA card used heavily in a Cisco router/switch and attempting to use it in a Newton. You'll find your data vanishing.
4. KDE and GNOME are desktop environments, not window managers. They in turn call Window Managers - if I recall correctly (and I might not), at least GNOME 1.x calls enlightenment or sawfish, etc. You can use other "lighter" window managers.
Please do some basic reasearch before posting bull droppings. I'll not add other comments about how you won't be able to get all the manufacturers to work together and agree on a standard. It's already been said.