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"What our software does is creates a 'virtual desktop,' so your Internet connection isn't used to actually download a file," Pronovost said. Instead, the file i
by there 18y ago
"What our software does is creates a 'virtual desktop,' so your Internet connection isn't used to actually download a file," Pronovost said. Instead, the file is stored "out there" on Microsoft's massive servers. So when a user logs onto his or her Powerband account, the Internet connection merely views the movie or runs the files - much faster than downloading.
wow. what? viewing a movie isn't the same as downloading it?
- ericwaller 18y agoIt almost sounds like he's talking about "lazy evaluation" of downloads. But when is it the case that you download something you don't immediately intend to use?
- wmf 18y agoMuch of the promise of thin clients was that the network traffic of displaying the data is less than the data itself. Unfortunately, the opposite usually turns out to be true.
- catch23 18y agothe first thing I'll do is download all the movies on piratebay... then they'll have to rethink that strategy. Technically, they can't come after the user because the user doesn't own the file, it isn't on the user's machine, and the user hasn't viewed the file yet. Seems like a quick way to tank a company.
- JoshBourdaine 18y agoIt doesn't work like that with the right Terms of Service. You can't get a VPS account or machine on slicehost/EC2 etc., download kiddie porn and pirated movies all day, and try to hold the company giving you the access accountable. It is (or should be at least) just like your ISP agreement.