[Info-vax] VMware

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/10/2019 9:00 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/10/2019 7:31 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
>> Virtual desktops are a thing. Your "desktop" no longer is a box under 
>> your
>> desk, but a VM in a datacenter somewhere. You connect to it via your 
>> laptop.
> 
> I detest laptops, tablets, and smart phones.  But that's me as a 
> developer.  Not going to happen on devices with non-friendly input devices.
> 
> I do use a tablet as a book reader, and sometimes as a moving map 
> navigation device when flying.  I admit that such devices do well for 
> users of technology.
> 
>> It runs a standard image. If it is badly broken, it gets automatically
>> reimaged on request with the standard image.
> 
> A powerful argument.
> 
>> Saves power, hardware and more importantly: support costs.
>>
>> And that is only one example.
> 
> But you still got the laptop, desktop, or other user interface.

But the frontend becomes the equivalent of an X terminal.

Arne