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by SoftTalker 574 days ago
The 1990s called, they want their X terminals back.

It sounds like basically the same thing: a screen, keyboard and mouse that displays windows for apps running on a remote server.

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The 1970s called, they want their 3270 terminals back.

It's worth remember what the P in PC stood for. Personal. A computer that was yours to do with as you wished. Not a machine that is yours only as long as you pay rent to IBM (then) or Microsoft (now). It would be a tragedy to lose the P.

This is not a Personal Computer. It's a terminal for workers to use at job. It's a Company Computer.