Posted on 07/14/2021 2:13:30 PM PDT by upchuck
Not even with a ten foot pole ...
I love this comment way more than I really should.
;D
The mainframe is back, with a new name. Does anyone remember the client server holy war? All the software processing was to be done on the client desktop.
Spy on you AND hold your data hostage to whatever whims they dream up (subscription fees, reduced storage, blacklisted user agreement).
And think just how easy it will be to monitor and cancel you! One moment you are working away, the next, you are locked out of all software and your data is gone, and you are permanently disconnected from all computing, forever.
The Left’s invisible friend in the clouds.
How wonderful...
Now we don’t have to worry about mistakenly writing something patriotic, pro-guns, or anti mooslem...
Microsoft will watch and protect...
Big deal we were doing much the same at work a decade or more ago.
It was all internal and used windows servers for ESRI apps etc. Browser etc all right there. I was the lucky admin for that server and more.
I ain’t having none of it.
I back up everything in the cloud anyway.
If you’re gonna get hacked - what difference does it make if they hack your hard drive or your cloud?
And if/when your PC crashes or your lose your phone - you still have data on an operating system
Many of the technology super impaired and incompetent could definitely benefit.
“To use a Windows 365 “Cloud PC” after the service launches on August 2, 2021, you just need a device with a modern web browser. “
... and your wallet.
ping
At launch, Windows 365 will only be available to businesses, and it will have a per-user monthly subscription cost.
Yeah. No thanks.
I remember these being proposed in the early 2000s as Application Service Providers ( ASPs ). IIRC one thing that killed the idea was that a couple of big free photo sharing sites went away at about the same time. People lost all of their pictures with no way to get them back.
Date shows 2012.
Funny, the idea sounds that old.
AWS can set up windowa or (linux in six flavors) VM that is the same thing. 10 years ago.
So if you lose your connection or have a payment declined, they virtually confiscate your computer. No thanks.
DELL stocks may be affected, I’d guess.
Jul 14, 2012
This has been around for a while. There are some real limitations to it, mostly with running slowly and the web versions of the Office Suite are stripped down versions.
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