It might be popular for travel. But I imagine that service would be at least as spotty as cell service is now. I wouldn't have much patience for that.
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Don't think it'll last. Humans who deal in tech like to have The Next Big > Thing. > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I was just watching an interview with the CEO of Panalogic (John Kisch). >> With the big push toward servers & dumb terminals (Basically how computers >> started) as part of the infrastructure of cloud computing we are now seeing >> cost benefits of taking this step backwards. Instead of spending hundreds of >> dollars per user, a dumb terminal will cost only the cost of a keyboard, >> mouse, monitor, and a dumb terminal interface. The interface can cost below >> $100 each so an institution like a hospital can have them all over the place >> cheaply. >> >> What do you think of this step back? >> >> Here is a little more on it: http://www.pressheretv.com >> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> > > >
