Subj : Microsoft & Google: "You'll have no real computers, and you'll be happ To : All From : LundukeJournal Date : Wed Apr 26 2023 05:15:03 Microsoft & Google: "You'll have no real computers, and you'll be happy" Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:09:50 GMT Description: This is a trend we need to put the kibosh on. FULL STORY ====================================================================== The big computer companies like to copy each other. Whether they focus on hardware or software, they all tend to move together. Like a drunken herd of lemmings, clumsily meandering toward one cliff or another. One company creates an App Store? Hold your breath, count to ten, and every other major computer company will have their own App Store too. Better than even odds they will all look the same too. That consistent lack of originality has both good and bad aspects. While it makes predicting the actions of major computer company practically a walk in the park it also means that bad ideas spread like wildfire. One drunken lemming decides to walk towards the cliff they all make the trip. With that in mind, it is with great horror that I present you with the current trend that the Big Tech companies are pursuing: Fewer, less capable computers remote desktop-ing into a central server. Want to use a big desktop application? Use a low powered, cheap computer (such as a low-end Chromebook) and remote desktop into a server which will provide you with a Cloud based version of Windows (or, less often, Linux). Yeah. Yuck. Now, obviously this isnt some new fangled idea. Weve had low-end Thin Clients connecting to a central, beefy server since the very dawn of the computer age. And, every so often, this idea comes back around again. Every decade or two it crops back up like a mole that need a good whacking. And here we go again. Microsoft says No more beefy computers Microsoft is encouraging the usage of what they have branded Windows 365 Frontline open a web browser tab and connect to a remote Windows 11 desktop directly hosted by Microsoft. Which you or your company pay for monthly, naturally. Microsofts Windows 365 Frontline As part of this effort, Microsoft has released a PDF telling people that using Windows 365 Frontline on a low powered computer instead of running powerful PC will lower CO2 emissions. The messaging from Microsoft is rather intense: Stop buying powerful computers! Use Windows 365 Frontline instead if you want to save money and save the planet! Google takes computers away from employees Unfortunately for us, Microsoft is not the only company pushing down that road. The Drunken Big Tech Lemmings are in full swing, copying each other at every turn. Google has decided that most of their employees no longer need big, powerful computers at their desk . Employees will now only be getting low-power Chromebooks and, if they really need to use regular desktop PC software (such as office suites, page layout, image editing, etc.) they can use what they call Google Cloudtop their internal service for remote desktops. A 2018 PDF details some of Googles efforts to do Cloud hosting of their virtual desktops. In fact, Google goes even further down that road. They are also taking away permanent desks for their employees. Seriously. No desk. No powerful computer. Just a Chromebook and, if they have a good Internet connection, they can remote desktop to use real software. "You'll have no real computers, and you'll be happy" Why are Google and Microsoft pushing in this direction? The answer is simple: money and control. Whats better? A customer buying a big, powerful computer (with a software license) one time every 5 to 10 years? Or a customer buying a new, low-powered, cheap laptop every year or two plus paying a monthly subscription which you can raise the price on at any time? The message here is simple: Youll have no real computers, and youll be happy. And, rest assured, if both Microsoft and Google are heading down a particular path you can bet your sweet bippy that others will follow suit. Even if it is a terrible idea. Because lemmings. Share Want to make sure you get every article and podcast? Be sure to be a subscriber to The Lunduke Journal of Technology . Subscribe now So many reasons to subscribe to The Lunduke Journal of Technology . Nerdy articles & podcasts every week. Plus A dozen eBooks Monthly PDF Magazine Premium Videos Other handy links: The Lunduke Journal of Technology Community Site The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast RSS Feed The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast on iTunes The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast on Spotify On Twitter (@LundukeJournal ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-and-google-youll-have-no --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .