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> things are as centralized as they can be. Interesting evolution: 1980s and before - Centralized computers, thin clients & terminals 1990s - Decentralized c
by xp84 6mo ago
> things are as centralized as they can be.
Interesting evolution:
1980s and before - Centralized computers, thin clients & terminals
1990s - Decentralized computing - rich clients running native code locally, data lives locally, making use of the network for necessary communication (e.g. email, IM)
Present day - Entirely centralized data, compute outsourced from companies to 'Public Clouds', bloated clients running JavaScript locally, but mostly without local storage besides cached copies of data.
I wonder what path the next phase will take.
- lxgr 6mo agoI suppose it might be one of those things that just oscillate in society, since neither extreme is without frustrations. And as soon as the generation most familiar with the specific downsides of either extreme steps aside, the cycle of history repeats.