begin quoting Todd Walton as of Sun, Oct 30, 2005 at 05:16:35PM -0800: > On 10/30/05, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a very old idea. This is basically an > > xterm/thin client setup. > > Yes, but...
Heh. Thin clients make a lot of sense for corporate use. I can't see it as a good idea for *personal* use -- even though you could probably sell it that way. It has many of the same problems with kiosks: you can't *really* trust it, you're depending on someone else to take care of your stuff, and in the end, you don't really own anything. [snip] > > This plus the fact that Linux on the desktop really > > hasn't caught on yet > > That would be a moot point with this desktop hosting plan. Linux is generally in the domain of geeks. Geeks aren't likely to pay for a desktop hosting plan, and if it's free... they should be asking serious questions. Everyone else... has no need for Linux. It's pretty much all the same to them: confusing! [snip] > 3) Not enought applications are available. > > People who want their desktop on the go (business travelers and the > like) are probably only going to want the basics anyway. This presupposes an immense amount of bandwidth. And if you want to trust your link, you're still going to travel with a laptop. > > [Linux on the desktop] is still an idea ahead of its time. > > I don't think that's true. The only real obstacle left is based on > the fact that not many people are using Linux on the desktop. There > are no more technical considerations. I mean, what more do people > want?? What does Windows do that Linux doesn't??? Give people a warm, fuzzy feeling. Let 'em feel as if they're part of the majority. Give 'em all something in commong to gripe about. [snip] > If Windows were a language, it would be Newspeak. They've already got you. You're using the generic term (Windows) instead of the real name (Microsoft Windows). They've got mindshare, even in your mind. -Stewart "So long as we emulate Microsoft, we'll never be any better" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
