Now you can buy a fake PC for your fake cloud
Summary: All these fake cloud propositions share a determination to lull customers into a twilight world of the computing undead where nothing has changed. Ignore their siren appeals.
The creativity of the technology industry in reinventing end-of-line products by tossing them into fast-rolling bandwagons apparently knows no bounds. Today we learn that the latest addition to the catalog of cloudwashing infamy is the cloud PC, the clunker formerly known as the 'thin client'.
Terminal manufacturer Wyse's fake sorry cloud PC strikes me as the perfect complement to the certified private cloud stacks unveiled yesterday by on-premise software-maker Microsoft and six of its favorite server manufacturers. Less topical though equally cringeworthy is Oracle's cloud-in-a-box concept trumpeted by Larry Ellison at this year's OpenWorld.
What all these fake cloud propositions share is a determination to lull customers into a twilight world of the computing undead where nothing has changed. They aim to keep computing locked away in lifeless seclusion from the vibrant, global, 24×7, connected universe of the open, public cloud where business gets done today. Anyone with any sense will ignore their siren appeals. They are a world away from the true meaning of cloud.
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Ok, we do need to expose the fakes. Will the real cloud PC please stand up!
License count goes ... Up!
One used to need, say, 10 seats. Originally all what was needed was 10 Windows licenses.
Oh but no, you *need* central services so you need one (at least) server license. No, that is so much 2000.
But wait! The Cloud brings licenses! They rain: One license for Hyper-V, one license *each* for each VM Guest, *plus* one license per "cloud PC"!
I suppose we'll see Windows Keyboards next.
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OBTW, for people who do not believe in one-size-fits-all: Look also at ways to use one central, run-of-the-mill PC, with several video cards and several keyboards. Use Linux to provide one VM Guest per keyboard/screen pair. Since you're hardwired to your video card, intensive graphics is still possible. Each VM runs whatever you want, including Windows.
Thin Cloud PCs for the text-based, multi-station PC for most, high-end PCs for multimedia designers...
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The whole thing has been around for over 30 years except that we called it distributed processing back then in the 70's and 80's.
And we had lots of terminals connected to a central processor. I even used to connect a terminal from home via a modem when on call.
Cloud Computing is for the Birds
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The crux is nobody owns the 'cloud', and companies like Oracle and Wyse, blah, blah, tries to outsmart the natural evolution of computing harnessing the power and space of Internet - a privilege, yet abused by $-hungry enterprises.
Cloud should be free, as in free beer and of course, the Internet!
It's all about virtual desktops
TANSTAAFL
Not on MY watch!
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Laughable
As far as I'm concerned, you can't define cloud in anymore of a compelling way than Wyse can. At least Wyse has a product. All you seem to have is marketing hyperbole.
Why did Wyse call them Cloud PCs?
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Lies, Disguise, and Segregation