XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: lcargill99@comcast.net   
      
   William Sommerwerck wrote:   
   >>> Prediction: Apple's adoption of Intel processors brings us a   
   >>> major step closer to the elimination of local operating systems.   
   >>> It further encourages the development of thin clients, in which   
   >>> the software resides on the Web, and the OS is little more than   
   >>> a Web browser.   
   >   
   >> I think there are political problems with the adoption of this model,   
   >> but personally I support it.  Then again, I am typing this into an ssh   
   >> session with a shell server in New York where I keep all my files and   
   >> have for fifteen years...   
   >   
   > Most users don't want to be involved with installing operating systems and   
   > software. This could very well override "politics".   
   >   
   >   
      
   Users are not a homogeneous group. A platform like the iPhone or   
   iPad does not fully replace a laptop. People have been predicting   
   "thin client" since the '80s, and it's not happened yet.   
      
   --   
   Les Cargill   
      
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