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| From | Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Desktop in the Cloud |
| Followup-To | comp.misc |
| Date | 2014-03-03 18:02 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Strider |
| Message-ID | <lf2ciu$t65$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <levegf$43r$1@solani.org> <lf21qf$ol1$1@dont-email.me> |
Followups directed to: comp.misc
On Monday 03 March 2014 14:58, 2phar conveyed the following to
comp.misc...
> On 3/2/2014 9:16 AM, RS Wood wrote:
>
>> It’s no wonder traditional desktop/laptop/PC sales are on the
>> decline. With the proliferation of mobile devices and 24X7
>> connectivity readily available, more and more business is done on the
>> go. As a result, the traditional corporate desktop environment is
>> shifting to a new paradigm.
>
> Microsoft bear a lot of responsibility for movement to 'the cloud', by
> ruining the personal computer with an insecure, DLL-hell, registry
> bloated, chaotically evolved (Win16, Win32, Win32S, OLE, COM, DCOM,
> .NET, Silverlight, HTML5, etc) platform that has made local
> installation and upgrade of software so egregious that zero-install /
> remote desktop has become the only way to go for IT. And this then
> gets turned into the 'software metering', all your data is belong to
> us., uber-lockin, etc.
Who wants to pay for expensive cloud services when the NSA will store
your data for free? :p
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qrlDGhoI1Q&list=LLq4deBbEh5llV2sgCO-A-
gA&index=35>
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= Aragorn =
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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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