White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative
White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative
Posted Oct 9, 2013 4:25 UTC (Wed) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)In reply to: White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative by dlang
Parent article: White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative
Posted Oct 9, 2013 4:36 UTC (Wed)
by dlang (guest, #313)
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actually, for some things I think it's very clear that they can't be met
you are not going to get a large heatsink and fan on any mobile.
The storage available is always going to be much less (and no, an Internet connection does not replace storage)
and there is always a price premium on being small
you are mistaking turnover for use. the turnover of desktop systems is dropping (and to a lesser degree, turnover of laptop systems). No question there. But that just means that the R&D focus of the hardware vendors isn't going to be in that area, not that the traditional desktop OS is marginal.
if everyone keeps a machine for twice as long, the sales will drop by half, but the number of people using the systems remains the same.
Posted Oct 9, 2013 8:17 UTC (Wed)
by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
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The new small is watch sized. In a couple of years a tablet or phone is going to be considered medium sized, and laptops just "big". And the desktop (actually deskunder) box I use is going to be considered frigging-super-computer-sized.
White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative
White paper: the economic value of the Long Term Support Initiative