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| From | polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> |
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Desktop in the Cloud |
| Date | Mon, 03 Mar 2014 22:10:44 +0000 |
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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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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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