[ros-dev] The Future of the Desktop

[Nate DeSimone]

Thank you for sharing that, however it is off topic.

Rick Langschultz wrote:
> Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having 
> stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I 
> have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables. 
> However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am 
> going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the 
> operating system.
>
> My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist 
> except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will 
> be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and 
> utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also 
> there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop 
> system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal 
> user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based 
> formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to 
> access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as 
> well as in a variety of language formats.
>
> That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer users.
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