Star The Next Big Thing? Open Peripheral Hardware Connectivity
Linked by Jim Kirkley on Thu 12th Jun 2003 02:18 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems Back on June 9 2003, OSNews posted an article by Joshua Boyles entitled "The Edge Computing System". In that article Joshua lays out his vision, "of a new and very unique computing system". In this new article, an attempt will be made to further build on Jonathan's ideas through what can be termed, "Open Peripheral Hardware Connectivity".
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Change or Arrange?
by bbrv on Thu 12th Jun 2003 05:03 UTC

Hi Jim, your trip down memory lane calls for a parallel example: the telephone.

Joshua, please ask your parents about telephones that actually *dialed* and had these funny swiggly cords between the handset and the telephone -- image uncordless and unhandsfree! Not to mention they were only found in fixed locations...(heard that?!).

What is really different Chris? People are still just talking on the telephone...

Basic Darwin Natural Selection Internet Forum Survival of the Fittest Human Technolgy Evolution Postulates (Wow, now that's a stretch! ;-) ):

1. The strong get stronger
2. The weak die
3. Mutation occurs

The act or process of being altered or changed in genetics involves the change of the DNA sequence within a gene or chromosome in an organism that results in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parent. Lets look to the computing world described as a strand of DNA in the day-to-day *life* of people -- we just need to *arrange* things...;-)

The things people do will not change in the normal course of events, but how they are done will if the *new* way is arranged better, more conveniently, cheaper, easier, anywhere, anytime, etc. The key: do the same things better! These small shifts can give way to big changes.

The key question for us today is where and when -- first. Will the technology discussed by Joshua and expounded on by Jim need to make its own proverbial trip to the Galápagos Islands (controlled environment) or will we find a way to do things on the "fly" here, right where we are?!

Thanks Jim and Joshua, we appreciate your musings. Narrowing things down to where and when are easier once you know what, why and how.

Raquel and Bill
http://www.pegasosppc.com