[mdlug] Is Vista going to be the new Windows ME?

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Robert Adkins
> > If a 64-bit "killer app" appears soon, MS is going to be in *major* trouble.
> >   
>     What could that be?

 If I knew, I'd be writing it, and figuring out what size yacht I would buy. :->

>     A 'killer app' has to something that "Everyone" uses.

 I know! What kinds of things would a 'typical user' or even 'power user'
want to do that requires more than 4GB of RAM?

 My best guess is it probably has to do with user interfaces. The 8 to 16-bit
transition moved from LEDs and text over to color graphics. The 16-to-32-bit
transition permitted modern GUIs.

 The 32-to-64 transition will probably introduce 3D user interfaces on a
wide scale. I have a notion for something like this that I'm slowly working on:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:oywwPqgp7xwJ:ingles.homeunix.org/software/fpfm/designdoc.html

 Sorry for the Google cache link. My website's been down for a couple weeks,
I just don't have time to fix it. And if I don't have time to do *that*,
you can imagine how little time I have to program. If anyone wants to take
a stab at it, feel free.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                  (313) 227-2317

          "Plan B? We're still working on Plan A."
                     - Geoff Morris
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