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On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Matthew Finkel |
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<matthew.finkel@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 16/06/12 21:27, walt wrote: |
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>>> I guess they figure the desktop will be extinct relatively soon |
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>>> and their customer base will vanish unless they capture the |
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>>> smartphone market. |
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>> Ah yes, the death of the desktop PC, which is happening for 15 years now. |
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>> Are we dead yet? |
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> I'm not holding my breath. There will always be a divide for the power |
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> users. A single, under-powered interface isn't going to cut it for a lot of |
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> us. X provides us with the flexibility that isn't available with the mobile |
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> interface. |
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Even in the Microsoft world, I can't easily imagine them ditching the |
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old UI paradigm for their Windows Server products. They've come a long |
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way in making Windows CLI-friendly (see PowerShell), but they haven't |
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yet (AFAIK) provided a good mechanism for remote CLI access. |
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Not that they won't be able to bolt one in easily enough; CSRSS means |
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they should be able to provide, e.g. an SSH daemon, give the |
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connecting user a PowerShell login session[1], and give it equal |
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privileges and security controls as they have for any other login |
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session. |
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[1] A 'screen' workalike would be useful, but I don't know how quickly |
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they'll jump on that. |
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:wq |
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