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by dariusj18 627 days ago
The dream has long been to have code distributed to thin clients while allowing intensive tasks to be run on servers.
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That's one dream. There are advantages to thick clients as well... less network traffic if the device can do processing on site, A much easier to maintain and update distribution model over the traditional desktop experience for what is essentially application software, etc.