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					Originally Posted by  no.guru
					 
				 
				Not only that, but why were dumb terminals (i.e. cloud storage and cloud computing) of the 1970s replaced by local PCs? 
			
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 Cost. I was involved in numerous mainframe to PC transitions during the 1980s; the cost savings were enormous.
(Although I'm not sure I see the relevance to the current topic!)