Z:gnu-www-ja-kragen-software--2f21e8-If general-purpose computers a/en

If general-purpose computers are to survive the onslaught of tiny, cheap special-purpose boxes, they must become as easy to use, reliable, and easy to install software on as those special-purpose boxes. This requires a totally different operating environment than anything we're using on the desktop today; not surprisingly, GNU/Linux is closer than anything else I've used. (Squeak might be even better, but I haven't tried it yet.) But GNU/Linux is an incredibly long way away. This will require different hardware as well as different software.