9 Oct
2011
9 Oct
'11
5:47 p.m.
On 10/9/2011 3:28 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
Well you have to admit that the motivating model for a networked
window system - thin clients, approximately, or remote computing
services - has largely evaporated in favour of a model of expensive
per-person workstations with more CPU and GPU than they can ever use.
I'm not arguing that the latter wasteful craziness makes any sense,
but it does make a lot of money for the scum^H^H^H^H Gateses and Dells
of the world.
Of course, Apple only sells thin client machines. They don't make a lot
of money selling systems with more CPU and GPU power than a given person
could ever use, running non-networked windowing systems. (What wasteful
craziness that would be!). Nope, they're not scum, no sir.
Josh