Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables. However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the operating system.
My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as well as in a variety of language formats.
That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer users.
Thank you for sharing that, however it is off topic.
Rick Langschultz wrote:
Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables. However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the operating system.
My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as well as in a variety of language formats.
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Good point. However, I think that the reason that executables are going to be extinct is because computers are getting faster and faster. Therefore, the performance gain by using lower-level languages is becoming less and less, which is pushing many developers these days to use higher level (or interpreted) languages, which are simpler and faster to program in. Also, by using interpreted languages, the program does not need to be ported (as long as there is an interpreter for every platform).
Therefore people tend to program in higher level (interpreted) languages On 3/21/06, Nate DeSimone desimn@rpi.edu wrote:
Thank you for sharing that, however it is off topic.
Rick Langschultz wrote:
Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables. However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the operating system.
My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as well as in a variety of language formats.
That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer
users.
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Haha, ignore that last statement ( "Therefore people tend to program in higher level (interpreted) languages")
I don't know how that got in there.
On Tuesday 21 March 2006 03:09, Ibrahim Damlaj wrote:
Good point. However, I think that the reason that executables are going to be extinct is because computers are getting faster and faster. Therefore, the performance gain by using lower-level languages is becoming less and less, which is pushing many developers these days to use higher level (or interpreted) languages, which are simpler and faster to program in. Also, by using interpreted languages, the program does not need to be ported (as long as there is an interpreter for every platform).
Even an interpreted language requires an executable to interpret it. Or are you suggesting we return to the days of having BASIC embedded in the BIOS of computers?
Therefore people tend to program in higher level (interpreted) languages
On 3/21/06, Nate DeSimone desimn@rpi.edu wrote:
Thank you for sharing that, however it is off topic.
Rick Langschultz wrote:
Here are a few of my predictions of the future of the desktop. Having stepped back from the role of an internet developer in the past year I have been focusing more on the programming of binary executables. However, seeing the ever increasing change in desktop technology I am going to make a prediction of the future of executables in the operating system.
My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist except for the underlying operating system. Instead the desktop will be a transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data. Also there will be minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based formats. This way a user can use a thumb print on the computer to access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as well as in a variety of language formats.
That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer
users.
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Ibrahim Damlaj wrote:
Good point. However, I think that the reason that executables are going to be extinct is because computers are getting faster and faster.
I'll note we've however now reached a threshold in speed. Last year average clock speed went DOWN for the first time ever.
So many of the high yield avenues for pure straight line single threaded speed have been exhausted. You'll notice that there is a focus on parallelism and power usage at the moment.
While computers will continue to do more things at once, I think that we won't be seeing huge advancements in pure speed any more, just incremental improvements and big increases in parallelism.
That's not to say there won't be any, just that they will be much slower and incremental.
Adam K
BIOS will be extinct as soon as Vista arrives.
I dissagree about the open networked desktop. For Windows users... seruriety is paramount and using a Thin-Client "like" desktop model is not the way to go.. Because of the Internet be so unreliable it is not a good idea. Microsoft tried it with MSN v1 ( I was a charter member) The part about bio-metrics logon is going to happen. I use gmail. I do most of my applications via networked applications.
I agree to a point.
On 3/21/06, Adam Kennedy adam@phase-n.com wrote:
Ibrahim Damlaj wrote:
Good point. However, I think that the reason that executables are going to be extinct is because computers are getting faster and faster.
I'll note we've however now reached a threshold in speed. Last year average clock speed went DOWN for the first time ever.
So many of the high yield avenues for pure straight line single threaded speed have been exhausted. You'll notice that there is a focus on parallelism and power usage at the moment.
While computers will continue to do more things at once, I think that we won't be seeing huge advancements in pure speed any more, just incremental improvements and big increases in parallelism.
That's not to say there won't be any, just that they will be much slower and incremental.
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Rick Langschultz wrote:
My prediction is: binary executable software will no longer exist except for the underlying operating system.
Why?
Instead the desktop will be a
transparent web environment that will load AJAX applications and utilize web services to connect online data to desktop data.
Try writing Starcraft and Firefox in AJAX. I'm sure you'll retract your prediction later on. :)
Also there will be
minimum to no storage locally on the users desktop system, instead there will be online libraries filled with personal user data which will be in XML file formats, or other text-file based formats.
"The network is the computer" concept didn't really take off. And music and images in text format? Why bother? :)
This way a user can
use a thumb print on the computer to access their personal data, and email on any computer in the world as well as in a variety of language formats.
That is my prediction of the future of desktop systems of computer users.
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