On 29 April 2011 16:33, e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >As I said, I'm sure Bill Gates said leave those toy phones to Nokia, RIM > and > >Apple. Google seem to have been smarter. As mobile and web technologies > take > >over I can see much harder times ahead for anyone dependent on local > >dependencies. > > > > Those reliant of distant web servers without no knowledge of data > security employed by service providers are being naive.
So do you worry about your electricity generation and have a backup generator at home just in case? Most people are not going to worry about it if it works for them and is more convenient and competition between suppliers will ensure it is. At least > retrieved data onto a local hard disk drive allows data to be in more > tangible control. > And IBM said there would only be a need for maybe 4 computers in the world. Look at the trends. Apple just overtook MS in sales and profitability last quarter. That tells us something about the way things are moving. Hard drives are looking decidedly dated technologies for individual users - even my netbook is now all solid state. Mechanical devices will be too expensive to manufacture, too delicate and consume too much power. The future is mobile and cloud and will include local storage but probably not for running office suites like MSO, OOo, LO etc. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications The Schools ITQ www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
