One common complaint in the twenty-first century is that nothing is built to last. Even complex, expensive computers seem to have a relatively short shelf-life nowadays. One computer in a small auto repair shop in Gdansk, Poland, however, has survived for the last twenty-five years against all odds. In January a photo was taken by Facebook
Eine coole Idee .. ich bin am überlegen, ob ich mit mache:
Fablab “Fabulous St. Pauli” baut für vier Wochen eine temporäre Produktionsanlage für Mobiltelefone im “Park Fiction” auf, wo das DIY-Handy von David Mellis zusammengebaut werden soll. DIY Phone Fabrik in St. Pauli
We are surrounded with a class of mobile devices that are ten or more years out of date, and predate any iPhone or Android phone entirely:
Enterprise-class devices:
– scanners that grocery clerks use to track inventory,
– stylus tablets that couriers log their deliveries on,
– handhelds that stockkeepers take into the warehouse,
– the button-covered rectangle the agent uses to check in your rental car.
Most of them are Windows CE based devices which were used by consumers at the end of last century! But why is this? The industry needs an enterprise operating system optimized for reliability, but also battery life. As Apple seems unwilling to allow non-Apple devices to run its operating system, it becomes a race between the other two big player: Microsoft and Google.
More: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/enterprise-gadgets-better-os
