[opendtv] Re: Report: Desktops slump, mobile systems rise

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:36:38 -0500

Craig Birkmaier wrote:

> Well actually we ARE talking about streaming media to tablets, in addition
> to all of the other tasks that mobile devices are beginning to be used for
> that were at one time handled primarily with a desktop (and more recently
> laptop) computer.
>
> One can argue that the desktop is not going away any time soon. They are
> kind'a like all of those old NTSC tube-based TVs that still take up space
> in the spare bedroom. What is important is changing usage patterns and the
> entire role that networked devices will play in our lives in the future.
> The DESKTOP PC is largely being relegated to the applications that require
> one to sit down and WORK.

I share in John's frustration in these arguments with Craig.

Here is what John has been referring to:

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John:

There will probably be a trend towards setting up a single household desktop as 
a file server with multiple laptop/netbook/tablet users in the house. 

Craig:

More likely a cloud server that keeps all of the family files and content so 
they can be streamed to any device anywhere. 
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John's point is so simple and obvious. That PC he's talking about may even be a 
server that can be reached from outside the home, but no way can you expect 
millions of people to access it to watch HD or even SD streaming media. "Cloud 
server" just sounds silly. It can be a server that a few people can access, for 
example the owner when he isn't home. Assuming the ubiquitous NAT in front of 
that server has been set up to permit outside hosts to originate sessions to 
it. Which by the way, is not the way most of these in-home NATs are set up.

This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the servers Craig keeps mentioning, that 
Apple wants to set up in NC.

Bert

 
 
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