Luis EG Ontanon wrote: >> With computers becoming very cheap, we're at the stage where each >> "user" has his/her own computer. Hence no need to share one machine >> between several users (which usually results in a total mess, not >> resolvable by different AppData folders anyway) :) > >Well, I work in an environment (Mobile Networks) in which every user >has a computer for his own use. Anyway when I need to capture most >often I use machines that are shared. > >- Because not necessarily a given switch can have a mirror port for >every user that needs it at every given time. > >- Because many times one connects to this machines remotelly. > >- Because there are security requirements that disallow to have >thousands cheap computers connected to the management network and >usually it is preferred to have few (maybe unnecessarily expensive) >computers. > >So as you see the fact that computers are cheap does not mean that >multiuser computers have disappeared, neither I believe they will for >several years to come even if computers come to cost $10 or less .
Not yet, but this will be minority. And with being able to bring all one's personal soft on a usb stick, you can in fact have multi-user computers where everyone is just using their own portable soft from their USB sticks. So portable software can be very important in multi-user environment as well :) -- _______________________________________________ Wireshark-users mailing list Wireshark-users@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-users
