Re: Moving forward or backward... -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Moving forward or backward...
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:14:01 -0800 (PST)
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From: Pete Helgren
There is still an opportunity for an i to play a leading role here. I
know that at least Nathan is banking on it!

Microsoft's videos are funny. They show teachers removing servers from shipping boxes, setting up hardware, and configuring system software - like teachers can afford that much time!

It appears to me that Microsoft never really figured out cloud computing, so technology like Silverlight and Multi-Point servers are their way of moving computing back to distributed servers & desktops.

Set up 5-6 multi-point servers, 30-35 monitors, keyboards, mouses, in a typical classroom? It would be much easier to hand out iPads to each student to carry in their backpacks and take where ever they go. Connect to multi-point wireless gateways distributed strategically around buildings - then up to the "cloud".

-Nathan.

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