[openbeos] Re: Think useful, not cool

  • From: Erik Jakowatz <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 15:12:57 -0700

Very interesting analysis, Pete.  "Conundrum" was not the best choice of
words on my part; "issue" would have been better, the point being that
from a marketing perspective we really have to get developers on board
to write the apps which make the OS useful.

e

Peter Willis wrote:
> 
> >The
> >real conundrum to me is that it's the apps that make an OS truly
> >"useful" to people
> 
> It all comes down to the basic needs of the human animal.
> 
> Food, water, shelter from the elements, A sense of community.
> Most computer use falls into the 'community' category of human
> content.
> 
> Most human communication needs can be categorized:
> 
>     a.) communication listed by hardware connection
>             i.) Text
>                 1.)  writing
>                     -keyboard
>                 2.) reading
>                     -video card
>                     -monitor
>                 3.) fax
>                     -modem
>                 4.) paging
> 
>             ii.)Speech
>                 1.) telecom
>                     -modem
>                     -network card
>                     -phone
>                     -intercom
>                     -music
> 
>             iii.) Visual
>                     1.) Art
>                         -video
>                         -mouse
>                         -tablet
>                         -pen (stylus)
> 
>     b.) communication by group relationship interaction
> 
>             i.) internal interaction (family)
>                 1.) Human physical needs gathering services
>                         -Food infrastructure
>                         -Water infrastructure
>                         -Shelter infrastructure
>                         -Health infrastructure
>                 2.) Human psychological needs services
>                         -Education infrastructure
>                         -Communication infrastructure
>                         -Health infrastructure
> 
>             ii.) external interaction (everyone else)
>                 1.) currency sources
>                         -business
>                         -job
>                 2.)currency sinks
>                         -bills and costs
>                 3.) information resources and storage
>                 4.) communication resources
> 
> The most useful applications fall into places where some or
> many of these categories cross over each other.
> Some of the categories are so general that they have, as yet,
> not been matched with a computer program.
> 
> Peter

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