I am curious about your point of view on future operating systems. Would it be Windows, Linux, Mac, or some other operating system?
Please add some comment of your opinion. Thank you for taking your time.
Future OS?
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BerryTheWest
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Future OS?
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Allosentient
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I am not sure how the core systems are going to change, but I can imagine a lot of the conventional paradigms that have been around such as files, folders, and desktops are going to undergo an overhaul in the next 10-15 years. I think that directory trees are very lacking in the way that information can be organized, and perhaps even files as well.
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I think it's going to be the same crap, i mean, why would a company make something better and sell it when they can make something CHEAPER and use some pseudo-science terms to get people to believe it's better and sell the same crap for more? Kinda like how even if they DO find a cure for AIDS, they'd never market it (why sell a permanent cure when you can get people coming back for more of the treatment every time?) no CEO in their right mind would do it, as horrible as that sounds.
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BerryTheWest
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As I've studied a bit about the OS-es (and read some SciFi books), I have a couple of ideas:
1. The computer who becomes the intelligent assistant. This needs a strong AI (IMHO doable in about 10 years - see ElizaBot - 1966 (1) and JabberWacky - 2008 (2) ) and optionally a network connection to gain additional knowledge (like a lookup on wikipedia). We would have to command the computer by vocal commands (like - "make a report about the financial situation from the past two years" or "send John an e-mail telling him that the meeting is at 9 o'clock"). This would need implemented something like "the three laws of robotics" (3) to not transform it into something like SkyNet(4) .
Give me any day an MS-DOS instead of this kind of computer and I'll use it !
2. The thin client OS. This kind of OS already exists (5) , but has not seen a mass adoption. The computer may have a cheap and slow hardware (or can be even a mobile platform), because all the computation is done on a central server.
The bad part: All your data is in a remote datacenter, and the service provider, if wants, can suspend your account, delete or mass-publish your files (so, privacy concerns); all the applications are in that datacenter so no more homebrew software; that software can be sold as a monthly subscription (so you pay few times more than a one-time-payment). Also, it's a single point of software.
The good part: You don't catch viruses, the software automatically updates; you can access your data from anywhere.
The real part: It is expected that Windows 7 to have the Midori or Balcanik system: applications sold as subscriptions.
Also, for games, there are always game consoles.
3. The very ergonomic, but normal OS (with a text-only terminal optionally).
See Ubuntu Linux / Mac OS X.
4. The cypherpunk OS.
All the things are encrypted with very-strong cryptographic algorithms, and asks for password for any thing that is done, alerts for any suspicious behavior of a program.
5. The built-in computer.
Implant in the brain, wifi connection, to access data external to our knowledge, "telepathic" communications, etc. hint: today, our mobile phones are our appendages.
6. The hacker OS.
Something that you can play with, easy to modify, like the today's Linux/*BSD/etc..
1. The computer who becomes the intelligent assistant. This needs a strong AI (IMHO doable in about 10 years - see ElizaBot - 1966 (1) and JabberWacky - 2008 (2) ) and optionally a network connection to gain additional knowledge (like a lookup on wikipedia). We would have to command the computer by vocal commands (like - "make a report about the financial situation from the past two years" or "send John an e-mail telling him that the meeting is at 9 o'clock"). This would need implemented something like "the three laws of robotics" (3) to not transform it into something like SkyNet(4) .
Give me any day an MS-DOS instead of this kind of computer and I'll use it !
2. The thin client OS. This kind of OS already exists (5) , but has not seen a mass adoption. The computer may have a cheap and slow hardware (or can be even a mobile platform), because all the computation is done on a central server.
The bad part: All your data is in a remote datacenter, and the service provider, if wants, can suspend your account, delete or mass-publish your files (so, privacy concerns); all the applications are in that datacenter so no more homebrew software; that software can be sold as a monthly subscription (so you pay few times more than a one-time-payment). Also, it's a single point of software.
The good part: You don't catch viruses, the software automatically updates; you can access your data from anywhere.
The real part: It is expected that Windows 7 to have the Midori or Balcanik system: applications sold as subscriptions.
Also, for games, there are always game consoles.
3. The very ergonomic, but normal OS (with a text-only terminal optionally).
See Ubuntu Linux / Mac OS X.
4. The cypherpunk OS.
All the things are encrypted with very-strong cryptographic algorithms, and asks for password for any thing that is done, alerts for any suspicious behavior of a program.
5. The built-in computer.
Implant in the brain, wifi connection, to access data external to our knowledge, "telepathic" communications, etc. hint: today, our mobile phones are our appendages.
6. The hacker OS.
Something that you can play with, easy to modify, like the today's Linux/*BSD/etc..
Second part...
Also, look that the OS evolved in a strange way - first - the mainframe computers, with storage and interface - punched cards, then computer from the 486 generations with interface - a vga screen and the classical keyboard/mouse combo ... and now - super-fast computers (for our times), internet connections .... next ... we'll see...
And as an ending..."640K ought to be enough for anybody."
References: (some people are too lazy to use google)
(1) ElizaBot is a computer program that takes your most important word in your answer and uses a pattern to ask you information about that issue. Is made to sound like a psychotherapist
Link: http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3
(2) A conversation bot that "learns" a bit every time you talk to him. It takes the responses and corrections from previous conversations, stores them and uses when it is an a similar context. You can make a coherent conversations, but it (or him
) doesn't have a consistent opinion about a fact. http://www.jabberwacky.com/
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
And as an ending..."640K ought to be enough for anybody."
References: (some people are too lazy to use google)
(1) ElizaBot is a computer program that takes your most important word in your answer and uses a pattern to ask you information about that issue. Is made to sound like a psychotherapist
Link: http://www.manifestation.com/neurotoys/eliza.php3
(2) A conversation bot that "learns" a bit every time you talk to him. It takes the responses and corrections from previous conversations, stores them and uses when it is an a similar context. You can make a coherent conversations, but it (or him
) doesn't have a consistent opinion about a fact. http://www.jabberwacky.com/ (3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet
(5) http://www.feedmyapp.com/web_20_web-os_ ... ions_sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_clien ... hin_client
And about "the corporate mind that never changes"... the linux started as an hobby and now is the second (or third) as market share... the starting points have been the hobbyists, that made a great impact on modern computing. (I know, in the recent years, IBM, Novell, RedHat, etc have sustained the OSS movement, but it started from a hobby).
BTW: My first posts on this forum
And sorry for the long lecture (I have many ideas) and the three posts, but the forum didn't published the full article in a single post so I had to split it in three parts.
(5) http://www.feedmyapp.com/web_20_web-os_ ... ions_sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_clien ... hin_client
And about "the corporate mind that never changes"... the linux started as an hobby and now is the second (or third) as market share... the starting points have been the hobbyists, that made a great impact on modern computing. (I know, in the recent years, IBM, Novell, RedHat, etc have sustained the OSS movement, but it started from a hobby).
BTW: My first posts on this forum
And sorry for the long lecture (I have many ideas) and the three posts, but the forum didn't published the full article in a single post so I had to split it in three parts.
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BerryTheWest
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I think the OS of the future will be a complete new one...
and in my oppinion it will be the OS that I realize.
I have a clear visual picture in my head of an OS that will be
nearly 100%-safe, and thats that what Companies and Home-User
want.
BUT:
I need a Company which will realize my OS, because the
programming is not as simple as normal software.
So I look for a Company that can programming OSs
And 'no' I will not tell you my idea, because I have no Copyright on it
and in my oppinion it will be the OS that I realize.
I have a clear visual picture in my head of an OS that will be
nearly 100%-safe, and thats that what Companies and Home-User
want.
BUT:
I need a Company which will realize my OS, because the
programming is not as simple as normal software.
So I look for a Company that can programming OSs
And 'no' I will not tell you my idea, because I have no Copyright on it
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BerryTheWest
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It isn't that costly to get a copyright form.lukas wrote:I think the OS of the future will be a complete new one...
and in my oppinion it will be the OS that I realize.
I have a clear visual picture in my head of an OS that will be
nearly 100%-safe, and thats that what Companies and Home-User
want.
BUT:
I need a Company which will realize my OS, because the
programming is not as simple as normal software.
So I look for a Company that can programming OSs
And 'no' I will not tell you my idea, because I have no Copyright on it
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PaRaDoX
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yea, well, when i say corporate mind, i mean ones that STARTED out just to make money (e.g: microsoft, you gotta hate the mentality, but, admittedly, in between crashes, i do enjoy some of Xp's features)Adrians wrote:(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet
(5) http://www.feedmyapp.com/web_20_web-os_ ... ions_sites
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_clien ... hin_client
And about "the corporate mind that never changes"... the linux started as an hobby and now is the second (or third) as market share... the starting points have been the hobbyists, that made a great impact on modern computing. (I know, in the recent years, IBM, Novell, RedHat, etc have sustained the OSS movement, but it started from a hobby).
BTW: My first posts on this forum
And sorry for the long lecture (I have many ideas) and the three posts, but the forum didn't published the full article in a single post so I had to split it in three parts.
"5. The built-in computer.
Implant in the brain, wifi connection, to access data external to our knowledge, "telepathic" communications, etc. hint: today, our mobile phones are our appendages. "
I think i read about this kinda thing somewhere, it has begun ^_^
My personal preference would be a computer that boots right into a "super CMD" (aka full text based command line but with more commands and control over AI functions) to save startup time, and then you can, from there, go to the GUI if you like. (meaning no slow ass startups just to check your email then leave)
that aside, it would also be quite badass. XD
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BerryTheWest
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