12 Feb
2012
12 Feb
'12
2:42 p.m.
On Feb 12, 2012 5:22 PM, "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf(a)pearsoncomputing.net>
wrote:
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
>> 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