On 12/02/2017 12:02 PM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
On Saturday, December 02, 2017 12:17:39 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
6. *NOT* be a "smartphone".
Well, I am curious about why you don't want it to be a smartphone,
and whether doing something like removing the SIM from a cell phone
(and possibly epoxying the socket) would meet your needs?
You might say it's the 3 P's ;/
[ Philosophical Practicality Prudence ]
Philosophical - application of Linux philosophy
> As stated by McIlroy, and generally accepted throughout the Unix
community, Unix programs have always been expected to follow the
concept of DOTADIW, or "Do One Thing and Do It Well."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Do_One_Thing_and_Do_It_Well
Practicality - avoidance of Android
Most "smartphones" come only with Android which presumes someone who
has never met the user knows best what the user needs (let alone
wants) and then goes to great lengths to prevent the end user from
installing a suitable OS.
Practicality - possible regulatory constraints
~50 years ago I held a commercial operators license from the FCC and
later in RFI suppression and type acceptance (FCC & VDE). I've read
recent posts of a so called "SOS mode" active even when sim is
removed. I don't know how onerous compliance would be -- *NOT*
interested in wasting time and effort to pursue.
P.S. I have been described as "PERSISTENT" <chuckle;>