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They reinvented thin clients. Expensive ones, with an extra Windows license needed I suppose. How revolutionary...

• jaclaz 3y ago
  Thin clients on a local network are one thing. These over a (possibly flaky) internet connection is another. Maybe in some countries/cities/locations where there is a "perfect" conection they may work, otherwise the 365 part of the name will need to be changed to the low 300's.
  • c00lio 3y ago
    Not to mention the frequent cloud outages, even when your workplace has perfect internet connectivity.
  • PretzelPirate 3y ago
    Development using remote machines is very common in the finance and Healthcare industries if you're a contractor. You do all of your work by using remote desktop onto a machine hosted in some datacenter that could be hundreds of miles away from you. The latency can sometimes cause issues, but for the most part it works and people are able to get things done. If Microsoft can get the latency down to what I get using Game Pass, I won't even notice that I'm using a remote machine as long as I have a working internet connection.
  • hammyhavoc 3y ago
    Whilst I appreciate the humour, the "365" wouldn't need changing because your WAN is not what MS is selling. That's not how SLAs for SaaS work. I'll see myself out!