Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-18 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 11/18/2011 06:24 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Grammar is somewhat harder, but as for voice recognition goes, I have > never heard of easier language. > But there is only 20-30 million speaking it/them. Large chunks of this thread are irrelevant to CentOS. People have repeatedly asked for

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-18 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Can you all please move this subthread "the majority will NEVER use smartphones" elsewhere? Discuss it on Facebook if you have to. Thanks! Kai ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-18 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Vreme: 11/17/2011 03:29 PM, Rajagopal Swaminathan piše: > OTOH, Voice training is easier using the language substrate of > Sanskrit (the oldest and most well defined "language" spoken by very > few in India) and can be easily adapted to Indian Languages, at least. Actually, simplest Voice recognit

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-18 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:58 AM, John R Pierce wrote: >> This all has something to do with CentOS in a round-about way. I am >> using CentOS to host our corporate web apps in a tomcat6 instance. > > except, nothing aobut centos's user interface is different than its > upstream source. > > so, if

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/17/11 5:40 PM, Dan Irwin wrote: > This all has something to do with CentOS in a round-about way. I am > using CentOS to host our corporate web apps in a tomcat6 instance. except, nothing aobut centos's user interface is different than its upstream source. so, if you want to champion user i

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Benjamin Smith
On Thursday, November 17, 2011 08:02:00 AM Craig White wrote: > development follows the money. Computer sales are flat and convergent > devices such as smart phones and tablets are selling. Why is it so hard to > figure out that computer development is following the money? > > Recognize that it's

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 11:14 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> Am 17.11.2011 14:44, schrieb Les Mikesell: > > > As for the majority... more than 50% of all phones sold now are smart > > phones. Soon everyone, everywhere wi

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Dan Irwin
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:38 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > That said, what in Dogs name does this thread have to do with > CentOS??    Can we please STOP already? Hi, Not wanting to drag out this topic, or post anything inflamatory. Also I am not necessarily replying only to John, but to the thread

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/17/11 8:02 AM, Craig White wrote: > As for the majority... more than 50% of all phones sold now are smart phones. > Soon everyone, everywhere will have one. So they all can walk off a cliff while fondling their angrybirds like a bunch of lemmings. That said, what in Dogs name does this t

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread m . roth
Craig White wrote: > On Nov 17, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 17.11.2011 14:44, schrieb Les Mikesell: > As for the majority... more than 50% of all phones sold now are smart > phones. Soon everyone, everywhere will have one. Ah, now I understand: you've drunk the Kool-Aid. No, NOT

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 17:02, schrieb Craig White: > As for the majority... more than 50% of all phones sold now are smart phones. > Soon everyone, everywhere will have one. and for you this does mean they have ONLY a smartphone jesus christ i have a smartphone too and i like optimized interfaces for i

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Craig White
On Nov 17, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 17.11.2011 14:44, schrieb Les Mikesell: >> Not sure I understand - a soft keyboard only takes screen space when >> needed. And a very popular device is making news about its voice >> input app that is sort-of usable. > > i do not spea

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 17.11.2011 15:10, schrieb Les Mikesell: >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Reindl Harald >> wrote: >>> I think we are only a few years away from fully usable voice controls which will eliminate any size requirements for yo

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 15:10, schrieb Les Mikesell: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >>> I think we are only a few years away from fully usable voice controls >>> which will eliminate any size requirements for your end point device. >>> Keyboard input isn't really that great any

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:49 PM, wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > or more years, voice computing will never come in: e.g., the employee > who's just been fired, walks out of the office and yells, FORMAT c:; YES, > YES, YES!!! ROTFL!!! I don't remamber thy guy who invented the qwerty

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread m . roth
Christopher Chan wrote: > On Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:10 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Letters? You mean the things that the Post Office used to deliver? >> Who does that anymore? Maybe a picture or video clip instead... > > Gee...business people that's who...at least until we get some to us

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Reindl Harald > wrote: >> >>> I think we are only a few years away from fully usable voice controls >>> which will eliminate any size requirements for your end point device. >>> Keyboard input isn't really that great anyway. >> >> *lol* >> >>

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread m . roth
Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Reindl Harald > wrote: >> > Or embedded devices with remote controls and no keyboard at all... > Netflix got their popularity by running on just about every device > that can connect to the internet and a screen. But those are not > replace

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Christopher Chan
On Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:10 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Letters? You mean the things that the Post Office used to deliver? > Who does that anymore? Maybe a picture or video clip instead... Gee...business people that's who...at least until we get some to use and legal digital signing. Bu

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> I think we are only a few years away from fully usable voice controls >> which will eliminate any size requirements for your end point device. >> Keyboard input isn't really that great anyway. > > *lol* > > you really believe you want to w

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 14:44, schrieb Les Mikesell: > Not sure I understand - a soft keyboard only takes screen space when > needed. And a very popular device is making news about its voice > input app that is sort-of usable. i do not speak about soft-keyboard i speak about wasting braindead space with

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:07 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> Consider the upcoming Asus Transformer Prime tablet which has more >> horsepower than my desktop computer (by far) though less RAM and less >> storage. The cloud can be your storage... heck all of my music is >> already on Google Music. >

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Vreme: 11/17/2011 09:07 AM, Reindl Harald piše: > > > Am 17.11.2011 03:23, schrieb Craig White: >> Consider the upcoming Asus Transformer Prime tablet which has more >> horsepower than my desktop computer (by far) though less RAM and less >> storage. The cloud can be your storage... heck all of my

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-17 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 03:23, schrieb Craig White: > Consider the upcoming Asus Transformer Prime tablet which has more > horsepower than my desktop computer (by far) though less RAM and less > storage. The cloud can be your storage... heck all of my music is > already on Google Music. uninteresting beca

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-16 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 02:38 +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 17.11.2011 02:32, schrieb fred smith: > > Well, I'm happy with my "stupid phone". I don't especially want a > > pocket-sized computer (at least not one that's tightly chained inside > > a walled garden, whether it be Apple's, or Micros

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 02:32, schrieb fred smith: > Well, I'm happy with my "stupid phone". I don't especially want a > pocket-sized computer (at least not one that's tightly chained inside > a walled garden, whether it be Apple's, or Microsoft's, or any one > else's garden). As long as it reliably makes

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-16 Thread fred smith
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 02:03:58AM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 17.11.2011 01:42, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > > >> If no smartphones gets broken and/or replaced, they could reach number > >> of PC users (50%) in one year. Realistically it will take them 2-3

Re: [CentOS] the majority will NEVER use smartphones

2011-11-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 17.11.2011 01:42, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > >> If no smartphones gets broken and/or replaced, they could reach number >> of PC users (50%) in one year. Realistically it will take them 2-3 years >> to reach those numbers. >> >> BUT, I have 2 phones (one of them is