On Nov 16, 2005, at 3:28 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:
Not sure I see a connection here, Geoff. If my data's on a server, how I access it seems irrelevant to the question of its availability.
I have all of my phone contacts stored on my computer. Some of them aren't on my cell phone (admittedly not many). If my phone contacts were stored on a server and I were someplace where I don't have access to the internet, I have no access to those contacts to look someone up and call them.
That's just one example. I have many things on my computer that I want access to whether or not I have network access.
Further, even after universal wireless access, speed can be an issue if large files are involved. As Richard pointed out, downloading 150mb worth of Photoshop each time I want to use it isn't a good idea even at 802.11g speeds. Neither is downloading 30 megabytes of Revolution stackfiles each time I want to edit them.
For many applications, local storage is completely necessary until wireless access is 1. Everywhere 2. Really Fast.
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