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Old 02-20-2009, 06:40 AM   #198
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Originally Posted by zyzzyva57 View Post
Microsoft's major problem is refusal to accept the ever changing reality that our computers are heading back to being dumb terminals--well, maybe semi-dumb terminals
I am a little confused by this statement, just wondering if you could clarify. If you are referring to using applications online, such as applets as a replacement for software on the system and the system primarily consisting of an OS just to get online then that is something Microsoft has been pushing for years. They have long wanted all your applications to be run under IE from a server, so they could move to providing software as a service license and not as a purchased license. It has actually been an unwillingness on the part of the consumer as to why this hasn't panned out. (IMHO for a variety of good reasons) And Gates has really being pushing the concept of tablet pc's and net-books with similar technologies for longer then I can recall.

I'm not arguing against you, or -for- MS's implementations, I honestly just wanted to clarify what you meant and what they've done or wanted to do thru the years...

-MJ
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