* Posts by Beerbelly

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Australia and America working on global no-state-hacking pact

Beerbelly

Re: Do Real Good and One has All One Needs to Feed and Seed ....

OK, I'll repeat that:

“We must ensure, as free nations, that the Internet continues to be governed by the communities that use it – not dominated by Governments” he added, before remarking “Australia, the United States and others will work together internationally to promote norms of behaviour that are consistent with a free, open and secure internet.”

To paraphrase:

"Free nations must continue to govern the internet through the governments of Free Nations, and not allow interference by governments of nations other than Free Nations so we can determine appropriate norms of behaviour that are consistent with the security priorities of the governments of Free Nations ... oh, and the internet, and ISIL. Thank you"

I think that's how I read it.

One day we'll look back and say this was the end of the software platform

Beerbelly

This is asinine. To assess that software platforms are dead because consumer devices are more and more integrated software/hardware/services bundles completely ignores the fact that underneath that integration are thriving and diverse SOFTWARE PLATFORMS: Linux and windows (yes, from that devices company, Microsoft) aren't going anywhere. You scrape the surface of the history of business platforms in the pre computer, then pre-pc eras and somehow analogize that into an argument for the end of the software platform. This is nonsensical. Without going into detail, you brought up evidence directly contrary to your argument. These could be considered precursors to the modern software platforms, but they are certainly not historical parallels supporting an argument that software platforms and packaged software will die.

A software platform may die. The windows operating system and its manifold Apis may fade away. Same for Linux. However, as long as there are complex problems that can be solved with consistent and broad based and interoperable foundations, the presence of pervasive software platforms isn't going anywhere.