MESSAGE
| DATE | 2002-11-10 |
| FROM | Joe Villari
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] board of directorsnext en OS
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Joe
If Liz can't do this, just give me the location of the files
conatining the information and I'll do it.
Joe
>Ruben,
>The members corner only lists the committee structure. It should list the
>title and name. Also, the final bylaws and mission statement doesn't
>appear anywhere. It concerns me that we don't have this info listed.
>How can I help?
>
>Joe
>
>On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Ruben I Safir wrote:
>
> >
> > On 2002.11.09 17:03 Joseph A. Maffia wrote:
> > >
> > > Ruben,
> > > Please list the board of director on the website. It appears that only
> > > certain members are listed in the members corner.
> > >
> > > We should list with links to bios and email address - all board and
> > > committee chairs.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > > On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Michael Richardson wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > There is more than one file cabinet maker. I can get standing, rolling,
> > > > front opening, side opening, rotating and a host of other
>option witch would
> > > > not be available if there was only one cabinet maker
>(remember Henry Ford
> > > > "you can have a Ford any color you want so long as it is
>black" If Ford was
> > > > the only car marker there would only be black cars).
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ray Connolly [mailto:RConnolly-at-natsource.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 3:12 PM
> > > > To: 'Michael Richardson'; Ray Connolly
> > > > Cc: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > We have always had a universal system: the file cabinet. You can still
> > > > taylor files, look, and feel the way you like. It is trying to
> > > > change/simplify *access* to our data. It's all about usability theory.
> > > > Regardless it has to be coded, which is why I asked if there was a free
> > > > software project. As it stands, the philosopher and builder
>is teaming with
> > > > the monopolist...
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michael Richardson [mailto:MRICHARDSON-at-abc.state.ny.us]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 2:46 PM
> > > > To: 'Ray Connolly'
> > > > Cc: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > With the pen and paper I have a choice of the type of pen (ballpoint,
> > > > fountain, quill or other type, color of ink, paper (bond,
>linen, stock or
> > > > other type) color, size and weight. With legacy file
>systems you have the
> > > > choice of how the files look and are arranged. If all the
>information had
> > > > the same look, feel and arrangement I would get very bored.
>Variety is the
> > > > spice of life. With a universal system I would be unable to
>try new things
> > > > (no unapproved innovations) or a different way of doing something. A
> > > > universal platform is saying there is only one way to do things.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ray Connolly [mailto:RConnolly-at-natsource.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 1:05 PM
> > > > To: 'Michael Richardson'; Ray Connolly
> > > > Cc: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > what are the options now beside the legacy file system model
>or a pen and
> > > > paper?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michael Richardson [mailto:MRICHARDSON-at-abc.state.ny.us]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:57 PM
> > > > To: 'Ray Connolly'; Michael Richardson
> > > > Cc: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The idea that there should be only one way to store and view all
> > > > information.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ray Connolly [mailto:RConnolly-at-natsource.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:59 PM
> > > > To: 'Michael Richardson'
> > > > Cc: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > what idea Mike? a new way to create, store, maintain, and
>recall data??????
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michael Richardson [mailto:MRICHARDSON-at-abc.state.ny.us]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:53 PM
> > > > To: 'Ray Connolly'; 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > this idea removes a persons freedom to chose.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ray Connolly [mailto:RConnolly-at-natsource.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:00 PM
> > > > To: 'Michael Richardson'; 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > i don't get ur point
> > > > this is not a *new* idea
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Michael Richardson [mailto:MRICHARDSON-at-abc.state.ny.us]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:48 AM
> > > > To: 'Ray Connolly'; 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: RE: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What ever you are on can I have some?
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ray Connolly [mailto:RConnolly-at-natsource.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:39 AM
> > > > To: 'nylxs'
> > > > Subject: [hangout] next gen OS
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Are there any comprable free software projects like this? As
>great as this
> > > > sound his view of good and bad is scary...
> > > >
> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/07/technology/circuits/07soft.html
> > > >
> > > > Forget the Files and the Folders: Let Your Screen Reflect Life
> > > > By DAVID GELERNTER
> > > >
> > > > THE end of the Microsoft trial is great news whatever you think of the
> > > > defendant - because the trial was all about the past, and we in the
> > > > technology world have no more time to waste on that topic.
> > > >
> > > > The trial focused on Microsoft's Windows operating system -
>on the power
> > > > Microsoft gets from Windows' huge worldwide penetration; on
>the burdens that
> > > > other software companies bear because of their limited access
>to the Windows
> > > > software; on accusations that Microsoft was suppressing innovation. The
> > > > courts have officially labeled the gigantic software company
>a monopoly, and
> > > > Microsoft will be subject to careful scrutiny for abusive activity.
> > > >
> > > > Meaanwhile, operating systems are lapsing into senile irrelevance. An
> > > > operating system connects the user (and the user's software)
>to the ensemble
> > > > of machines we call a computer. But nowadays users no longer want to be
> > > > connected to computers. They want to be connected to
>information, a claim
> > > > that sounds vague but is clear and specific.
> > > >
> > > > Every piece of digital information you own or share will
>appear (in the near
> > > > future) in one universal structure. (Just ask Bill Gates: as he said
> > > > cogently last July, "Why are my document files stored one
>way, my contacts
> > > > another way and my e-mail and instant-messaging buddy list
>still another,
> > > > and why aren't they related to my calendar or to one another,
>and easy to
> > > > search en masse?") A universal structure demands universal
>access: you'll be
> > > > able to tune in this structure from any Net-connected
>computer anywhere.
> > > >
> > > > I have time for only one screen in my life. That screen had
>better give me
> > > > access to everything, everywhere.
> > > >
> > > > What is this universal information structure? A narrative stream, which
> > > > says, "Let me tell you a story. " The system shows you a 3-D stream of
> > > > electronic documents flowing through time. The future (where
>you store your
> > > > calendar, reminders, plans) flows into the present (where you
>keep material
> > > > you're working on right now) and on into the past (where every e-mail
> > > > message and draft, digital photo, application, virtual
>Rolodex card, video
> > > > and audio clip and Web bookmark is stored, in addition to all
>those calendar
> > > > notes and reminders that used to be part of the future and
>have since flowed
> > > > into the past to be archived forever).
> > > >
> > > > And so the organization of your digital information reflects
>the shape of
> > > > your life, not the shape of a 1940's Steelcase file cabinet.
>Storage space
> > > > and computing power are dirt cheap; our task isn't to "use them
> > > > efficiently," it's to "squander them creatively." Instead of searching
> > > > through your stream for some document, you focus it (as if
>you were focusing
> > > > an information beam - which is like a flashlight beam cutting
>through the
> > > > digital fog, except that the beam is made of information
>instead of light).
> > > > You wind up with a selection of documents, a "substream" that
>tells some
> > > > particular story. Your narrative stream as a whole consists of all the
> > > > interwoven stories that make up your life - your own personal
>ones as well
> > > > as the stories of all the groups and communities you belong to.
> > > >
> > > > This kind of information management is simpler, more powerful and more
> > > > natural than the Steelcase-inspired software we've got today
>- the files,
> > > > the folders, the desktops and all those other high-tech
>office accessories
> > > > straight out of 1946.
> > > >
> > > > How do I know it will work? Because our company has built it,
>and it does.
> > > > (A preliminary desktop version of narrative information
>management can be
> > > > downloaded free at our Web site, www.scopeware.com.)
>Microsoft has similar
> > > > goals for its Longhorn system, but Longhorn won't be available for two
> > > > years. We needed one-screen narrative information management
>yesterday. Our
> > > > software is up and running today.
> > > >
> > > > Windows is no tool for the future and doesn't claim to be. Technology's
> > > > future can't possibly be based on treating computers as if they were
> > > > hyped-up desks and file cabinets - passive pieces of ugly furniture.
> > > > Computers are active machines, and information-management software had
> > > > better treat them that way. But Windows can play a central
>role in giving
> > > > the future a leg up. It can supply a stable, ubiquitous
>platform for the
> > > > future to stand on.
> > > >
> > > > We built our system on Microsoft Windows because Windows is a reliable,
> > > > solid, reasonably priced, nearly universal platform - and for
>the software
> > > > future, "universal" is nonnegotiable. We need to run the
>system on as many
> > > > computers as possible and manage the maximum range of
>electronic documents.
> > > >
> > > > Of course, another operating system, Linux, is also clamoring
>for attention.
> > > > Linux and Windows are both children of the 70's: Linux grew
>out of Unix,
> > > > invented by AT&T; Windows is based on the revolutionary work of Xerox
> > > > research. In technology years, these loyal and devoted
>operating systems are
> > > > each approximately 4,820 years old. (Technology years are
>like dog years,
> > > > only shorter.)
> > > >
> > > > Each is nonetheless still solid enough to be a good, steady
>platform for the
> > > > next step in software. But Windows is the marketplace victor
>and has now won
> > > > a decisive legal imprimatur. There is no technical reason for
>us to move to
> > > > Linux; why should we switch? Why should our customers?
> > > >
> > > > Some argue for Linux on economic and cultural grounds:
>Microsoft, people
> > > > say, has driven up prices and suppressed innovation. But this
>is a ticklish
> > > > argument at best: after all, over the decade of Microsoft's hegemony,
> > > > computing power has grown cheaper and cheaper. Innovation has
>thrived. Our
> > > > software is innovative; it has not been suppressed. On the
>contrary, more
> > > > and more people get interested.
> > > >
> > > > Operating systems are the moldy basements of computing. We
>used to live down
> > > > there, but are now moving upstairs to healthier quarters. We
>rely on the
> > > > courts and antitrust laws to keep Microsoft from abusing its
>enormous power.
> > > > We need Microsoft itself to be the universal stepladder that
>lets us climb
> > > > out of our hole and smell the roses.
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