@Joe_Raby
Internet bandwidth just * IS * capable of handling realtime operations with desktop applications.
OTOH there are still many areas in the US and NA that lack a solid, widespread structure for digital communications. There are places near us here in NY that can't even have DSL because of the wiring infrastructure and/or lack of enough subscribers to make it profitable. Etc. Etc. Etc..
When you can get internet speeds -EVERYWHERE- that rival a local processor and RAM: WE (people alive now) will not live long enough to see this occur. This poster seems to think 'net speeds will increase but not machine speeds. That's myopic and incorrect IMO and anyone I've spoken to with any wherewithal in the areas that would need to be affected. Not only that, there many areas other than speed to take into consideration. Even a privately controlled 'net couldn't meet the needed requirements.
then we'll see a compelling argument to move to full-on cloud computing for the masses.
Should I be wrong and it actually becomes possible to have 'net speeds that rival the desktop/laptop machines, "clouds" (a terrible misnomer) will either be long established and functional or long ago died when the speed matches occur.
I have a couple interesting white papers on this subject but I'm not going to use them since the OP nor anyone else provided any such thing. Those with open minds to reality can find them easily enough on their own anyway.
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