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Computing started with dumb terminals connected to super computers. Personal computing reversed the trend. Now the trend is reversing. Computing is increasing
by vezycash 8y ago
Computing started with dumb terminals connected to super computers.
Personal computing reversed the trend.
Now the trend is reversing. Computing is increasingly being offloaded to the cloud. Gaming, graphics, it won't matter if an app is ARM or x86, 32bit or 64bit or 128bit, windows, android, linux or IOS if it runs on the cloud, even part of the operating system can be handled off hand-held devices.
The only limit AFAIK is network latency. As network speeds, reliability improves and costs approaches zero, cloud computing would become more valuable.
If battery no longer an issue, cloud computing might wane. Until then, MS is right to bet on cloud.
- rb808 8y agoI completely agree there is a big demand and a big market. The issue is whether providing these services is so profitable that MS deserves to be in the top few companies in the US. Is there really enough pricing power in Azure? Windows used to be strategically important. Outsourced hardware isn't.
- vezycash 8y agoI'm not knowledgeable enough to answer authoritatively. However, buzzwords drive valuations. Microsoft has a few buzzwords working for it ATM - blockchain, AI, and Cloud, Intelligent cloud.