Re: [NTLK] The future of Newton--What's your best vision?

Somebody has to be able to do a color screen...

On 6/30/08 7:25 AM, "knowtree@aloha.com" <knowtree@aloha.com> wrote:

>> In your opinion, what technology, what platform,
>> what simulation environment, whatever (and
>> please give lots o' links)...what's the current,
>> best-of-breed for most likely and successfully
>> jump starting (reviving) a 3000 version of the
>> Newton?
>>
> While every other response to this question so far has been based on
> commercial products, my contribution is more conceptual. For me, the answer
> is not to be found in what we can buy today, but what we might do in the
> near future.
>
> The first step is to free such a product from the constraints of commercial
> profitability. The iPhone is the way it is because Apple predicts that a
> lot of people will buy one. Open-Source software is a perfect example of
> this process: FreeBSD is the way it is because a team of volunteers wanted
> it that way. Same for Apache, and Linux, and FireFox, ...
>
> The next step is to extend the technology to solve the unique problems of
> education. Apple realized this early on, and made the Apple II the standard
> computer in the K-12 market for many years. The Newton eMate was poised to
> enter this market just as the plug was pulled.
>
> Now put those two ideas together. Open-Source development methods and
> personal hardware especially useful in education.
>
> That is what my Open Slate Project is all about. We are still small, but we
> are growning. Please visit our web site and join our mailing list, "Open
> Slate Brainstorms."
>
> Gary Dunn
> Honolulu
> Open Slate Project
> http://openslate.net/
> 73 BMW E9 (3.0 CS) 2213583 (rust repair research project)
> http://e9erust.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> ====================================================================
> The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/
> The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/
> The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/
> WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
> ====================================================================
>
>

- - -
peace
- - -

bryan cantley

    form:uLA dimension laboratory
    spatial orchestrator + owner
+
    Professor of Design Theory
    CSUF

714.278.2075
bcantley@fullerton.edu
bryancantley@gmail.com

http://www.fotolog.net/formula

http://web.mac.com/form.u.la/iWeb/FIEDAD2007/00.html

====================================================================
The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/
The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/
The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/
WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
====================================================================
Received on Mon Jun 30 21:24:50 2008