[Arm-netbook] EOMA/CF idea

[jonsmirl at gmail.com]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Bari Ari <bari at onelabs.com> wrote:
> On 12/30/2011 04:17 PM, jonsmirl at gmail.com wrote:
>> I think we will just see dirt cheap Android pads, which is pretty much
>> the same concept but it always includes a screen. You can already get
>> Android pads for $79 and prices are still falling. Some are available
>> for $49. These pads will be cheap enough in the future to be
>> considered disposable.
> The cpu modules will also swap into tablets and phones.
>>
>> You can build local clouds for these pads with wifi, disk drives and
>> something like a Sheevaplug. Or use a public Internet based cloud.
>> These local clouds can service many users. You can also build them on
>> repurposed desktop machines.
>>
>> For me, I see the bigger problem is converting 1000s of open source
>> apps to run in a cloud model. Hardware is not an issue, it is on a
>> curve where the cost of it will be tiny in a few years.
>>
>>
> Let see how well Chrome OS does on the market and other "cloud"
> services. This was tried before under a different name. The main problem
> has been the network. Wireless broadband in the US is still awful
> (broadband in most areas is not much better) and there is little
> incentive for providers to improve their service. My guess is not so
> well unless the pressure from police states encourages/forces consumers
> to keep all their data on easy for them to get to places like the
> "cloud". Other areas have much better broadband networks but will people
> actually want to keep their data on a network mystery drive that they
> have to pay for with a subscription model?

People always jump to the public Internet cloud as their first stop.

You can run a cloud inside a single machine. Just run a browser and
server both on the same box.

You can run a cloud inside a school by sharing a server over wifi
hosting the disk drives.

The cloud concept scales over all ranges, from single system to public Internet.



>
> As smartphones become the appliance of choice for web browsing and
> gaming I can see this being forced on consumers since they tend to lock
> them into 2 year subscriptions anyway when they buy their new phones.
> What's another $20/mo for cloud services that get you better
> games/pron/pics of kittens?
>
> I didn't mean to go on a rant here. This just my opinion but I could be
> wrong :)
>
> -Bari
>
> _______________________________________________
> arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk
> http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook
> Send large attachments to arm-netbook at files.phcomp.co.uk



-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl at gmail.com