On 2016-06-24 08:23, Swift Griggs wrote:
However, I think most folks these days would faint if they were forced to
work on a terminal.
Just don't tell them, that they do ;-)
If you really think about it, the terminals just got faster and
got more colors. (and you call them smartphone, thin clinet, tablet, win
PC, ...)
Otherwise:
a.) most data is somewhere in the cloud (before it was called mainframe)
b.) a lot of applications are running in the cloud (before, mainframe)
c.) you connect now via wireless internet (before: modem)
d.) ...
So, just Emperor's new clothes ;-)
