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To: QwikSand who wrote (39816)12/29/2000 3:34:34 AM
From: JC Jaros  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
I don't know the MHz of the machine I use. I don't know the
size of the storage. I don't need to spend any of my time
'maintaining my desktop'. I use a primative text based
terminal dialed into a secure server or whatever answers
the phone when I call. If I had greater bandwidth (like a
cable modem) I'd probably have graphics, etc. In any case,
I don't need a PC. I use the network (whatever that is). I
connect to it with whatever's available. I'm going off on
an arbitrary rant. <g>

Other people may need to have a workstation, like a Pentium
or an Ultra. I don't. Most people don't. There's only so
many MHz you need for connecting to the network.

Enter "richness of experience", MS's feeble new marketing
slogan they hope will make up for what is inevitably the
failure of the Personal Computer in the area of actual
productivity and actual cost against the diskless
network devices of the future AND even the glass house
installations they replaced. The self managing magic PC
never happened. That curtain's been pulled back.

So, that's where MS is moving off to -- Richness of
Experience. It means "local hard drive with licensed
Windows(TM) end user" whether it's a PC or an XBox. It's
the only trick that pony knows.

So, if the network is the computer and the bandwidth is
there to deliver the essential services more reliably and
efficiently at a lower. highly predictable recurring cost,
ubiquitously, from anywhere, Bill Gates starts
to not feeling so good. He broods. He thinks and thinks.
What he comes up with to the answer of "Why do I need a
PC?" isn't the tired old personal empowerment pitch (which
was userped by the network). It's now 'richness
of experience'. If I were an IT manager, my eyebrow would
be more than somewhat raised. I wouldn't be in the market
for "richness of experience". If I were, I'd go to a rave
club, take MDMA and trance dance to Jungle music with some
underdressed hottie beneath the Windows controlled disco
ball. <g>

-JCJ
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