hutcheson - 4:44 pm on Nov 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

The purpose of software isn't to keep hardware busy (although Microsoft seems to have often misunderstood that.

The purpose of hardware is to help out with specific kinds of logical problems (those for which written algorithmic solutions are available.) "Help out" means "make solving those problems easier for the person."

Ten different people might have ten different definitions of "easy" -- that's why a range of approaches is good and the monolithic one-size-fits-all approach (Windows 7, anyone?) is pure evil.

This may be another option. It may be good for some people. I'm not yet sure I'd be one of them, but I'm excited to see more options available.