If ease of upgrading the thin client is the problem, then it would seem to make sense to design better management tools.
On December 25, 2014 9:48:11 PM AKST, Ryan Ray via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: >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 >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
