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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 12:39 PM, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> The unfortunate and inexorable conclusion is that when the
> (wo)man <-> computer relation goes from 1-1 to 1-many, data and
> functionality will move away from 'own-machine' to the cloud.
>
> Will the data be subject to privacy-abuse and worse? Sure
> Will the functionality be as good as something one can fine-tune
> on one's own computer? heck no!

The solution often is to run your own central server and have all
devices connect to that. You get full control and still allow any
device to access the same content.

ChrisA