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The barrier to replacing X is not replacing X, it is the significant rewriting of software that uses X.
by tvon 17y ago
The barrier to replacing X is not replacing X, it is the significant rewriting of software that uses X.
- blasdel 17y agoAnd the first massive hump there is getting the replacement good enough to even bother thinking about rewrites. Google has a chance to leap past that, because they've contrived a situation where they not only don't need X, they don't need to port X apps.
- tvon 17y agoWell, yeah, but you're not talking about replacing X anymore (which is what the GP post was talking about).
- Raphael_Amiard 17y agoWich is not necessarily a problem since they seem to be aiming for a minimal local software stack.
- limmeau 17y ago... and porting or rewriting the device drivers.