Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really? Yes. It's all about vapour

2021-08-12 Thread Steve Litt
Bernard Rosset via Dng said on Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:22:28 +0200 >Foreseable, foreseen, and now happening. >It is the logical and predictable move away from local installed >instances on own hardware to everything "cloud"/vapourous. I agree. > >Said move is *not* user-focused (despite marketing

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really? Yes. It's all about vapour

2021-08-12 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
Foreseable, foreseen, and now happening. It is the logical and predictable move away from local installed instances on own hardware to everything "cloud"/vapourous. Said move is *not* user-focused (despite marketing - aka "bullshit" - about "simplicity" that will ensue), but is

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread Simon Hobson
Mark Rousell wrote: > As I see it there are only two USPs for a service like this: > > (1) It's accessible for anywhere you have Internet access and a computing > device. > > (2) It is (I presume) backed up so you don't need to run your own backups... > well, in theory. In practice that

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 05:59:38 -0500, o1bigtenor wrote in message : > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:57 PM Mark Rousell > wrote: > > > On 12/08/2021 03:49, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Check out this article: > > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html > > > >

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-12 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:57 PM Mark Rousell wrote: > On 12/08/2021 03:49, Steve Litt wrote: > > Check out this article: > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html > > Windows 365... > > So let me get this straight: > > [...] > > Of course the real effect of

Re: [DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-11 Thread Mark Rousell
On 12/08/2021 03:49, Steve Litt wrote: > Check out this article: > > https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html > > Windows 365... > > So let me get this straight: [...] > Of course the real effect of this is that Mocrosoft takes possession of > every single bit

[DNG] Microsoft: Really?

2021-08-11 Thread Steve Litt
Check out this article: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3628169/windows-365-costs-how-much.html Windows 365... So let me get this straight: For the privilege of enduring data caps on your own data, 2 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, and having your personal data on somebody else's server just