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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 20, 2008, 12:11:38 am --- Gota say, its a pretty stupid idea from the sound of it.
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It is actually a tremendous idea from a distributed support standpoint. An idea that is used in many enterprise level apps by large multisite corporations all over the world. They're not using YouOS, of course, but they are using apps like Citrix that are the same concept but done properly.
It is not a new idea, though. This concept has been around a long time.
screaming:
it's only the beginning man.. it's reminiscent of the old dotcom days when people would throw stuff out there to see what sticks. This won't "stick", but the next generation of it will or maybe the next one. You heard it here first folks.
Don't be surprised if 5-10 years from now something like this really becomes mainstream.
mr.Curmudgeon:
and I bet it will be called "MyOS"...
ErikRuud:
"Software as a Service" is already a reality. GoogleDocs and SalesForce.com are two examples. It has been heavily discussed at every Business Intelligence software conference that I have been to in the last two years. There will be much more of it in the future.
I am not so sure about the future of "OS as a Service".
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 20, 2008, 07:52:39 am ---They're not using YouOS, of course, but they are using apps like Citrix that are the same concept but done properly.
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God, I hated Citrix, especially from a user standpoint. In theory, Citrix really isn't all that bad of a concept (like YouOS) but imagine working for a company that only wanted to invest in the bare minimum to get Citrix up and running. This means repurposing a windows "server" barely powerful enough to run itself and a network topology with so many hacks that it still supports a ten year old token ring. Then proceed to watch the network slow to an absolute crawl as the Citrix users are brought online. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
And the manager who made the decision to go with Citrix still wonders why his fat PC caught on fire one day. 8)
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