Re: [OT] Urban OS

2011-10-02 Thread Martin Baxter
On 30/09/2011 17:23, stephen barncard wrote: > THis is absurd for them to expect this to take off. > Optimistic perhaps, absurd is too strong. It strikes me as YAOM (Yet Another Optimistic Moonshot). If they are exactly on target they may do very well. If they miss, even slightly, they probably g

Re: [OT] Urban OS

2011-09-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 09/30/2011 07:23 PM, stephen barncard wrote: THis is absurd for them to expect this to take off. Well, I ALWAYS read the BBC website, but ALMOST NEVER TRUST what they write . . . :) And, certainly, the whole thing seems to be a load of people being paid to sit around in committee rooms

Re: [OT] Urban OS

2011-09-30 Thread stephen barncard
THis is absurd for them to expect this to take off. What about security - not trivial Is this proprietary? - if so, bound to fail what processor is this based on? Who coordinates development and support? How is it paid for? an OS of any kind is a big deal. I am very skeptical. On 30 September 2

[OT] Urban OS

2011-09-30 Thread Richmond Mathewson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15109403 http://cataspanglish.com/2010/07/26/urban-os-a-city-operating-system/ - http://urbanlabs.net/index.php/UrbanLabs_OS_%28English%29 How good is your (err ?) C