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[News] Eyetech Devbox gone?ANN.lu
Posted on 12-May-2000 12:48 GMT by Christian Kemp12 comments
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Justin Van Heddegem writes: The news on the Eyetech website about their Devbox has been removed. Did it come too early? Or was it just a joke?
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Comment 1Mark S. Hone11-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 2Christian Kemp11-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 3Martin Baute11-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 4Christian Kemp11-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 5Chris Roccati12-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 6Carl Mohlin13-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 7Chris Roccati13-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 8Henrik Mikael Kristensen13-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Comment 9Chris Roccati13-May-2000 22:00 GMT
Eyetech Devbox gone? : Comment 10 of 12ANN.lu
Posted by Henrik Mikael Kristensen on 14-May-2000 22:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (Chris Roccati):
So in essence: We really don't know what we want, but we know what we don't want. Right?
In that case it will be an even more difficult job for Amiga Inc. to convince us that something new is good, when we bash something we haven't tried yet.
I'll tell you what I would like: Zero-config, pervasive, wireless networking.
A system which does not crash on the failure of an application.
A system to which you can add/remove drivers and install software applications without rebooting.
A system which would not have its contents damaged by sudden power failure.
A system which can share everything over networking (CPU power, memory, files, printers, database syncing, etc.)
A system which my mom and dad could use (very non-techies).
A system which could handle verbal commands as easily as written ones.
A system which does not hide anything from its user, if you don't want it to.
A system which could be as easy to use as a Playstation and as versatile as a workstation.
A system which runs on every computer, no matter what CPU or architecture the computer is based on.
A system for which I can develop applications using a single standard, not having tonnes of different choices. Or else I'll spend most of my time determining which two (or more) programming methods will fit together. (Inspired by Visual C++, which feels like you're creating a program which uses MUI, Triton, Reactor and BGUI at the same time). With no limiting, dictating, restraining doc/view structure (again from Visual C++).
A system which can be operated immediately after turn on.
A system where you don't have to (but free of choice) think in a tree-structure when looking for documents, pictures, music, etc. (I really like Fleecy's idea. Maybe it's because I can see how useful it would be.)
A system which uses virtual memory (free of choice).
Any more things, we really don't know we want?
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