I don't think that "regaining control" is the right term. I worked for companies where it made total sense to do a vdi type solution and not for snooping on data but the ease of upgrading a thin client is a lot better than going and replacing a couple thousand desktops. Not to mention the ease of having a virtual machine that can be backed up centrally and restored within 20 minutes if need be.
Sent while mobile > On Dec 25, 2014, at 2:50 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > > Long ago, people had dumb terminals that were useless without the mainframe, > while a centralized organization decided what software you could run, and > snooped on your data. > > Luckily the PC was invented to free us from the tyranny of IT and the > mainframe. > > The IT people tried to regain their control over us with "thin clients", but > we didn't fall for that trick. > > Now everything old is new again, and we have "the cloud" and "devices" and > "SaaS" which basically means renting software. And if the cloud goes down, > the devices are bricks. Even game consoles, even school textbooks, even > Belkin routers. > > Can you imagine a book publisher going out of business, and the books on your > shelves suddenly have blank pages? Pontiac goes out of business, and your > Firebird stops running? > > > -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen via Af > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 4:29 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Playstation, Xbox Live networks reported down? > >> On 12/25/14 11:30 AM, Mathew Howard via Af wrote: >> Xbox? is that just because the game is stupidly made, or is it everything? > > > That's how it all works now. Things call home to authorize you're > allowed to use it. > > ~Seth >
