ashkav

the better question is: what will be the next platform? there will be high momentum for change when the underlying platform changes, with todays platform it's just too convenient to compile to C or compile to javascript.

how will platforms evolve?

I'd say it will be a language that is parallel to the core and only sequential in edge cases, because thats what the underlying platform (processor, graphics card) is evolving to. parallel first, sequential second.

I'd like to see this come to fruition.

for the linux user interface, I'd say copying is all good, but you can't always copy your competitor. it's better to invent new things and make your competitor copy you. then you've made it and have entered the competition.

this desktop seems good-looking and simple to use, I'll give it a try.

I'm no expert at cryptography and all that stuff, but i find the model of the httpsy link quite interesting. You include the identity of the site you're linking to in an extended httpsy address, so that you can be sure that you land on the site you linked to.

The beauty of the Idea is that it democratizes the trust domain. It creates a web where ordinary people decide whom they trust simply by putting down httpsy-Links.

isn't it funny that the first windmills are reminiscent of oil wells, and current solar projects (in the US) are large solar arrays, blending again with the existing large-scale infrastructure? maybe this similarity is lofty associated, but i find it interesting.