Ballmer: The Slates Are Coming

[Fred A. Miller]

On 07/14/2010 10:20 AM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:

[snip]

> This actually sounds a lot like the Sun Stations we used to have at 
> school.
> One computer, many monitors and keyboards.  Lots cheaper per seat for a
> roomful, and a pretty good visual experience.  So it's been doable for 
> a while
> now; I just wonder if the infrastructure is sensible for the typical 
> nuclear family,
> and that there'd be agreement about what's running.  Moreover, it probably
> leads to VMs that do not manage themselves.  I worry about the management
> requirements, the willingness to keep the central thing on 24/7, etc. etc.

I also have the same concern(s). Even it the "server" was more of an 
"appliance"
that had a large hard drive, it still has to be setup properly, which is 
unavoidable
for each installation. The general public has a hard enough time just 
getting a
router setup correctly with WPA. ;)

Fred