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Originally posted by Jim727
Prediction: microsoft is heading toward a subscription model for the os, similar to that used by Symantec for NAV. Your system will operate only as long as you pay microsoft an annual fee to keep the os running. If you stay with microsoft, your comuter is headed toward being an internet appliance, not a personal computer. Apps will not be local apps, they will be components - such as active-x, which will run internet-based apps (for which you will pay an annual fee). Microsoft isn't building huge data centers like the one in Moses Lake, Washington, for the fun of it.
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As usual not an original thought from our friends in Redmond.
Larry Ellison started talking about it 10 years ago.
Macs have been able to run as net appliances for 6-7 years now.
Box can be configured to have minimal function and pulls the most current OS and App catalog from a server when it boots.
Great for sys admins.