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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: anti-portage wreckage?
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:20:23 +0000
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On Sunday 31 December 2006 16:02, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 31 December 2006 15:40, Mick wrote:
> > The PC centric desktop on which M$ built their business model may be
> > under threat. If the WebOS [1], GoogleOS [2], internet based desktop
> > [3], etc. take off, then what will enable Gentoo to become a predominant
> > system of choice both in the server and in the thin client markets? I
> > don't think that Redmond will have much of a problem packaging a ROM
> > embedded version of a thin client system and pushing it to all the
> > Joe-public out there, who currently (mostly) blindly buy their products=
=2E=20
> > Inertia may of course lead to their demise if they continue to market t=
he
> > individual desktop PC solution, but I wouldn't count on it.
>
> This won't happen for various reasons.
>
> In the business world, the main reason is security. Who will trust
> an "Internet Desktop Provider" with their internal documents?
The same people who are trusting a multitude of outsourcing companies with=
=20
their HR, Payroll, logistics, IT management and support, procurement,=20
marketing, public relations, project delivery, . . . , you get the drift. =
I=20
wouldn't trust them any more than you do, but in the world of hollow=20
corporations there are a multitude of companies out there who would trust=20
nearly anybody to "take this problem away".
> In the world of home computing, there are actually two main reasons. The
> first is porn.=20
Why does porn need to stored locally?!
> The second is nearly photo-realistic games.=20
Of course. That is I think one area where a thin client will not be able t=
o=20
compete with a modern desktop PC. I don't play games and haven't seen what=
=20
sort of latency a game played through FreeNX can achieve. On the other han=
d=20
future gaming may be left to games consoles?
> Another, not that important, reason is that there are vast areas in the
> world where bandwidth is insufficient and far too expensive for it.
Indeed, although most of these vast areas are sparsely populated and some o=
f=20
them are wired up as we speak - a friend who visited China 3 years ago=20
mentioned that the gov't was laying yellow fibre-optic cables right across=
=20
the country.
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick
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