I think it is as counterintuitive as renting DVDs from vending machine kiosks.
As I am a ardent Paradox Scientist (the basic tenet of which is everything you believe is likely something else altogether), I give it a thumbs up! ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> 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/ >
