__/ [ David L. Johnson ] on Sunday 03 September 2006 15:51 \__
> On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:06:18 +0200, Mads Skjern wrote:
>
>> The 'Computer' as you call it will be gone. Most likely it will be
>> incorporated in the display like Apple did with the iMac of 1998. In the
>> office the PC as we know of now is dead, and has been for years. Any
>> decent set-up is based on thin clients, and the OS ín those can be
>> linux, WinCE or whatever will talk to a central server.
>
> Amusing. I remember hearing of this particular "office of the future"
> maybe 15 years ago, with X-terminals instead of "thin clients". I used a
> few of those Xterminals; what a pain in the ass.
>
> But open your eyes. Central office servers bind users to --- the office.
> What you see, instead, is massive wireless networking taking over offices,
> universities, and cities. For better or worse, the itty-bitty machine
> connecting wirelessly to the net and serving 35 functions at once,
> including phone and entertainment, is what is taking over. Frankly, I
> don't want to watch TV on a cellphone-sized screen, but apparently lots of
> people do.
Evetually, the output will be projected directly into the retina (nerves?),
IMO. There is no reason why novelty will be pushed aback. it just needs some
early adopters.
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