[scifinoir2] Topic: Revenge of the dumb terminal?
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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Revenge of the dumb terminal?
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/
Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Revenge of the dumb terminal?
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.comwrote: 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/
