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Re: Desktop in the Cloud

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On 03/03/2014 21:13, jonh wrote:
>  From the 1950's to the 70's, most terminals were thin terminals
> connected to mainframes, so in one sense the current "cloud" trend is
> just a swing back towards that kind of thin-client/fat-server model
> (although admittedly, today's this clients are orders of magnitude more
> capable than, say, a VT100). I wouldn't be surprised if we see the trend
> swing back towards fat clients in the next 15 years or so.
>
> Actually, I suppose that one difference between the mainframe era and
> the cloud era is that companies actually owned the mainframes that they
> stored all their data on, so there is that, but it seems that people are
> learning (one way or another) that owning your data storage is actually
> a really good idea.

I could be wrong here, but I was under the impression that much 
mainframe kit was supplied under complex leasing arrangements rather 
than purchase. This meaning that ownership remained either with the 
manufacturer or a leasing company.

What difference does that make? Probably not much, but actual ownership 
could be important in cases of companies being wound up.

-- 
Rod

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Desktop in the Cloud RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 14:16 +0000
  Re: Desktop in the Cloud Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-03-02 13:01 -0300
  Re: Desktop in the Cloud 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-03-03 08:58 -0500
    Re: Desktop in the Cloud Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-03-03 18:02 +0100
      Re: Desktop in the Cloud Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-03-03 21:48 -0300
  Re: Desktop in the Cloud "jonh" <jon@nada-sub.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 15:13 -0600
    Re: Desktop in the Cloud polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-03-03 22:10 +0000
      Re: Desktop in the Cloud Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-03-05 09:18 +0000
    Re: Desktop in the Cloud Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-04 17:07 +0100

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