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I can't wait for "tablets" to be sold as "portable displays" that we can plug into small, low-power general purpose computers. We'll get the resolution of the Apple iPad butwe can use a real keyboard, a better, open-source kernel and we can do real programming without the Apple-style lockdown nonsense.

The title is a little misleading. The "non-budget" diplays are often made in the same place (Asia, not the U.S.), from the same parts, maybe even the same factories, by the same workers.

Wow. Thank you Mr. Hedrick for fighting the good fight and "keeping the PC open." We're still in the nascence of the computing era and I think many years from now, this man's efforts and the efforts of others like him will be viewed as being even more important than they are now.

RIP.

This is simply brilliant.

It's fascinating.

I sometimes think that these people who puch for the "second system" really have no idea the problems they are bringing about. That is, it is innocent.

Hate me for saying so, but there are just a lot of people working in software who lack a sense of wisdom. Folks like Fred Brooks who can see the madness are few and far between. Even rarer are those who both see the stupidity and take action to stop it.