Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: low traffic lately?

Anthony Baldwin has written on 1/26/2014 12:01 AM:
> I keep hearing this, and it is quite true that many people, your average
> consumer whatever, are using their smartphones and tablets more to 
> access internet stuff.
>
> But, there's a whole lot of things I do with a computer that are simply
> not practically or ergonomically appropriate for a tablet or phone.
> I'm certainly not going to hack on a phone, or work on a tablet.
> I am a professional translator, hobby web/software developer.
> I type thousands of words/day for my work, and need a real keyboard,
> not some 5inch touchpad on a phone.

Are you not aware that, by using an OTG cable, you can attach a
full-size USB keyboard to a phone or tablet?

> I mean, are people going to write their thesis on a tablet?

Could be.

> And that's just writing stuff...what about all the complex
> mathematical stuff done in the sciences...
> I don't think astronomers are going to be crunching Hubble data on an 
> iPhone.

The iPhone is not the be-all and end-all of "personal" computing
devices. Will we always need supercomputers? Sure.

> I DO use forums, friendica, redmatrix, libertree, pumpio, statusnet,
> and other free/open source, decentralized, federated networking 
> platforms, however.
>
> No borrowed "cloud" storage, either. I will host and control my own 
> data, thank you.

Will you take it with you you go? (Younger) People want access to their
data they are.

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