On 12 October 2012 00:50, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:10 PM, David Paenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I keep on thinking: wouldn't it be wonderful if OpenOffice was > > available for tablets running Android? > > > > Yesterday I had to tell a student who had bought a cheap tablet > > including external keyboard she had better resell it and buy instead a > > netbook, so she could install OpenOffice for Linux or Windows. > > No, it would be better if consumers educated themselves
That has never happened in the past so it is unlikely to happen in the future. Consumers have usually followed big marketing bucks - Microsoft, Apple, Google - fashion more than logic. > and purchased > an AMD or Intel x86 based tablet (I favor AMD Fusion myself), where > you can install ANY OS you want, including standard x86 Linux (Fedora, > Ubuntu, etc), and run standard Apache OpenOffice, Firefox, and any > software you want. > Except that ARM is pretty unlikely to relinquish its dominance on mobile technologies. If you want it mobile port it to ARM. Even Microsoft is having to do this. > > See: > http://ho.io/AMDTablet > > Video of AMD Fusion tablet running Ubuntu > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfhP1cpGhHw > > Same tablet running ArchLinux > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSf4lBsExp0 > > The latest AMD Fusion tablets get 8-hours of 720p video playback on a > battery charge, and the equivalent CPU horsepower of an AMD Sempron > 3000... > > So, the notion that "tablets=limited" or "tablets=Android" irks me a > lot. If you get an x86 tablet, you get all the power of a regular > notebook, with a touch screen instead of keyboard... > Maybe, but it isn't the way the market is going. -- > During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a > revolutionary act > - George Orwell > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales.
