13 Sep
2017
13 Sep
'17
4:06 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 12:56:26AM +0000, ron minnich wrote:
Why does a phone need it? That's the determinant.
Apple and Google spend a hell of a lot of time syncing everyone's data
between phones, tablets, computers, surveillance platforms, and the
like. Microsoft is making a lot of noise about jamming your phone into
your computer to do things in a consistent manner. They call it
'convergence.'
In 2009 I could just ssh into my phone and launch its messaging program
from my desktop. It worked the other way, too -- I could log into my
workstation from my phone. We lost that when iOS and Android destroyed
all the competition.
khm