XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 07/01/2026 06:33, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > It's ironic watching the industry change from centralized   
   > systems in the '60s and '70s (due to the high cost of   
   > electronics) to distributed systems starting in the '80s,   
   > only to have it come full circle now.  The difference is   
   > that rather than cost, the driving factor is centralized   
   > control.   
      
   It is all down to the relative cost of hardware, speed of comms links   
   and need to upgrade. The marketing advantage of renting peoples data   
   back to them and using it to bombard them with adverts for things they   
   just bought already, came later.   
      
      
      
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   people by telling poor people that "other" rich people are the reason   
   they are poor.   
      
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