Most people don't actually care about local vs remote as long as it does what they want. This is all just plumbing. You push a button and it does what you want. The principle of TANSTAAFL means to me that there will never be a single thing or a single way of doing things. There are too many inherent drawbacks to each option. The only thing that changes are the ratios.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Joe S <[email protected]> wrote: > That was an interesting video. > How far in the future is this happening? > How far will this go? Won't people want to work on files on their > computer without being connected to the internet, especially if > that wasn't convenient or for personal documents. > > On Thursday 01 December 2011 10:42:53 am Shawn Grover wrote: >> On 11-11-30 05:35 PM, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> > Anyway, the whole debate is moot as the desktop is dead. I >> > do not mean extinct but it is becoming irrelevant from a >> > consumer point of view. I suspect the modern desktop is >> > going to live on as a niche that is outside the mainstream >> > consciousness. >> >> your comments made me think of this: >> http://youtu.be/sQzZVP1mua0 from 2010... Just ignore the MC. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
