I have a still different view of the future of home computing. In my scenario, there's a box sitting in a utility room or closet, or perhaps in the basement or attic, that is the "home server" to which NC's, etc. ("etc." potentially includes television, telephone, home security system, stereo, light switches, appliances, -insert results of imaginative thinking here- ...) are networked. The box either comes preloaded with basic software, or perhaps can be loaded via the Internet or by inserting a cartridge of some sort. It's an appliance, and is treated as one, rather than as some magical waster of time.
JMHO, of course. |
