Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Wed May 18 2022 21:38:00

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: MRO to Nightfox on Fri May 06 2022 05:45 pm

 >   Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
 >   By: Nightfox to Moondog on Fri May 06 2022 02:41 pm
 > 
 >  >   Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
 >  >
 >  > With the online and cloud apps being developed these days, I think it's a
 >  > little weird that we've gone from using dumb terminals connected to
 >  > mainframes years ago, to having our own powerful desktop computers, to no
 >  > many people using simple devices using online software again.
 >  >
 > 
 > 
 > i think it makes perfect sense.
 > you should only use what you need.
 > 

When a pc was treated like an remote island, you need all the resources to be
onhand.  A terminals' apps and outside communications came in the form of a
big box in the basement, and allowed others to leave internal mail or send
ort broadcast messages to the all the users or just one user.  Users were
locked down from using external devices that could introduce a virus.

Chromebooks and Android desktops are great if you have the bandwidth.  Again, 
apps are updated and managed from the source.  Cloud storage allows for you
to damage your device and not worry about lost data.

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