On Feb 12, 2012 5:22 PM, "Timothy Pearson" kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net wrote:
Are you talking about cloud computing?
A specific type of cloud computing, yes. Most cloud computing is Web based, but there are a few instances of cloud computing where the entire desktop GUI is handled on the remote server and the client is just an
I/O
device with a network connection.
I've been wandering how that would actually work. I mean, if we all get rid of our boot devices and use "the cloud" to boot our computers and run our apps, how would we configure our computers to know what server(s)
to
boot from? How would TDE tie into that (as in, how will it work being loaded from "the cloud", and how would the TDE desktop environment change as a whole)? I know that's thinking way far in advance as far as TDE goes, but I'm just curious ;-)
Remember these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computing_Devices
Make the monitor into a touch flatscreen, update the network conection with WiFi and Gigabit Ethernet, integrate the optional monitor and keyboard into a laptop- or tablet-like device and I think you have where we are going.
Truly scary for developers, content producers, or anyone with data worth stealing, but for the masses it might actually work rather well (and
there
would be big bucks to be made in providing computing services to these devices).
Just my $0.02. :-)
Tim
Whoops--that should obviously read "optional *mouse* and keyboard" above.
Tim
That would be a good way to bring in funds :-)
Of course, you would need a more reliable connection, and it might not catch on right away.
-- Kris