Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Nightfox
From : Warpslide
Date : Sat Nov 05 2022 14:49:30

 *** Quoting Nightfox from a message to poindexter FORTRAN ***

 Ni> One thing I'm still not comfortable with regarding web apps is that
 Ni> if your internet service goes down, you'll be unable to access/run
 Ni> those programs.  I still like to have locally-installed software.
 Ni> Otherwise, if software is all web-based (or otherwise runs from an
 Ni> internet server), we wouldn't need much more than dumb terminals at
 Ni> home (whereas typically it's a good thing to have your own storage
 Ni> and processing power at home)..  In some ways, it seems like
 Ni> computing is coming full-circle.

We recently explored various Microsoft cloud offerings, one of them being 
something called "Universal Print".  This moves your print server to the 
cloud and also lets you set permissions for your various locations as to who 
can print where, all kind of neat.

Until you realize that if you loose internet access, you can't print.  You 
could be sitting right next to a printer, on the same network, but if your 
location loses internet access, no printing for you.

We decided to pass on that feature.


Jay

.... Mistrust first impulses, they are always good

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