Hardware designed specifically for software that was designed specifically for said hardware seems to be where it's at.
So much emphasis on compatibility in the dominant markets is quelling innovation.
You can't just build the best possible machine. You have to build a machine that is also compatible with : never ending laundry list of protocols, standards, API's , hardware, form factors etc etc.
Interoperability is one of the greatest success stories of the PC. Even in the old days pre-USB, pre-PCI, pre-plug and play the PC itself was painful enough to make work, let alone any talk of a special purpose device.
They have their place, but it's not in general purpose computing.
What if Dinosaurs never went extinct? (Score:3)
Hardware designed specifically for software that was designed specifically for said hardware seems to be where it's at.
So much emphasis on compatibility in the dominant markets is quelling innovation.
You can't just build the best possible machine. You have to build a machine that is also compatible with : never ending laundry list of protocols, standards, API's , hardware, form factors etc etc.
It is both unfortunate and apparently necessary.
Re:What if Dinosaurs never went extinct? (Score:2)
It is both unfortunate and apparently necessary.
Interoperability is one of the greatest success stories of the PC. Even in the old days pre-USB, pre-PCI, pre-plug and play the PC itself was painful enough to make work, let alone any talk of a special purpose device.
They have their place, but it's not in general purpose computing.