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[From a Friam chat today with Dave and Roger amongst others... We'd
like to have your opinions.]
Many will not agree, but it seems to me that programming and
computing is no where near as fun as it once was. The Apple II was
more fun than computers today. Woz's Basic had thrills hidden
inside. The Windows vs Mac vs Linux is a pain and not a joy. Java
is complete but way too difficult. Python is nice but their stupid
version wars and library wars leave users in limbo. The "agile"
languages are cool but have 1/100th or worse the performance of C/C++/
Java and have no window systems thus depend on "web" UIs or weird
things like wxWindows and other ad-hockery. Vendors don't care about
their customers and create havoc in terms of interoperability.
The XO seems to be getting at the heart of the matter: building a
system so innovative that it overcomes the drudgery .. but note that
idiots are trying to port Windows to the XO! Maybe the gPhone/
Android may make phones fun. But then the iPhone proves Apple is
evil as we knew they were by their horrid locked and ATT monopoly.
DRM makes media difficult to use and stifles creativity.
So the questions are:
- Are you having fun?
- What exactly do you think is the problem?
- What would make computing fun and innovative again for you?
-- Owen
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