Linked by Jim Kirkley on Thu 12th Jun 2003 02:18 UTC
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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Like the firmware some device needs to work (a firmware is basically a program for the device to adapt to the computer language), we could have embedded java or .Net or whatever pseudo-assembly-based driver inside the device.
The device is plugged, the computer loads the driver, compiles it in native format or keep it interpreted, then begins transactions with the device.
It needs a common framework for driver though.
But for now, the USB protocol is well designed. If only device manufacturer could only use standard USB-class, we wouldn^'t need that much drivers.