18 Jan
2007
18 Jan
'07
3:48 p.m.
A couple of decades down the line I think we're
going to have real problems -
not just with computers, but with all sorts of modern gadgets
We don't even have to wait that long.
All of the consumer devices tied to backend services are a perfect example
of devices that are absolutely useless once a company fails. Unfortunately,
revenue models based on this model are on the increase.
18 Jan
18 Jan
5:36 p.m.
How true, you look at all of these internet terminals that you see
people hacking. Many are hardwired to a service - like the Virgin
Altantic internet terminals which need to have the BIOS replaced and you
install your own embedded OS on to make then a vanilla system again.
Sierratel wireless internet is another one that comes to mind. Imagine
all those blackberries out there that could've become useless had RIM
not worked something out.
Curt
Al Kossow wrote:
A couple of
decades down the line I think we're going to have real
problems -
not just with computers, but with all sorts of
modern gadgets
We don't even have to wait that long.
All of the consumer devices tied to backend services are a perfect
example
of devices that are absolutely useless once a company fails.
Unfortunately,
revenue models based on this model are on the increase.
20 Jan
20 Jan
3:04 p.m.
New subject: Jules Richardson wrote on "Digital Archaeology of the Microcomputer, 1974-1994
All of the consumer devices tied to backend services
are a perfect example
of devices that are absolutely useless once a company fails.
Unfortunately,
revenue models based on this model are on the increase.
No, it isn't.
I'm yet to see a consumer device tied to a backend that cannot be
reverse-engineered. Take a look at the MS tv boxes, as an example. Nowadays
it is EASIER to figure out how something works than before, because we have
the internet, we have datasheets and we have communication between all
people in earth - incluiding the developers of that device.
Things are getting easier!
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