On Mar 6, 9:51 am, fel <felipeval...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I believe that as for "serious computing" and gimp and spss
> (and autocad, etc), and that stuff, there is a niche, and
> such niche is highly specific, for instance, I don't believe
> my grandma would require large amount of proccessing

Not until she starts playing DVDs on her computer or gets on
Skype... :) If she does, her CPU usage will increase
dramatically...

> for normal, regular, standard, out of the box users, that
> don't really give a damn about technology, but they care
> about their *data*,

Exactly. But "data" must be understood loosely, including
media. Early data hogs wanted to keep all their word
processing and spreadsheets. Second-generation data hogs
kept all their e-mail. Third-generation data hogs keep all
their photos and music. The emerging fourth generation
will want to keep all their video, whether homemade or
otherwise. There already are terabyte storage devices for
home use on the market. And people will want to access
all that data without the overhead of HTTP.

> and they care about comm, and all the stuff that makes
> them richer and more productive,

Or keeps them entertained...

> those users, will probably see a slow transition that
> will render their OS transparent

Sorry, I just don't see it happen. There will always be
programs that either are CPU-intensive or communicate via the
Internet using protocols other than stateless high-overhead
HTTP.

> what do you guys think?

You are overstating your case. An engineer, having defined a
certain approach to development, would attempt to establish
natural boundaries for its application; an evangelist would
trumpet about it being an all-cure. Sadly, you seem to take
an evangelist's route...

Cheers,
NC