> Why are we still slaving to the notion that just > because something is a server, it *must* be on the > internet? > > Well, why must it be on the Internet? > Can't we have a server that sits in a living room or > in a closet or in the basement, which stores all our > data on encrypted disks, centrally, secured by ZFS? > Which contains all our applications, that enable us > to manage our data, photos, movies, music, > documents? > Which provides applications in the forms of http:// > URIs and enables us to do the exact same things we > previously needed to install applications for on > disparate systems? > Why couldn't it stream all this data to several > clients around the house at the same time? > > And why must we slave to the dogma of a beige-box PC > with an "OS" and "a desktop" with a bunch of > clicky-bunty icons - ancient stuff invented almost 30 > years ago that no longer even *fits* the way we live > and the way we use computers? > Why can't the desktop dogma be challenged? > > Why must we keep trying to fit square pegs into round > holes, why, why, why? > > When and how are we going to move on, if challenging > the computing dogma is *unthinkable*?
Microsoft has beaten you to this one. They've already done the above unthinkable things with Windows Home Server. :) This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
