Whatever happened to our hobby?

[TheBilgeRat]

For example, PCs in the workplace; whilst there is some competition from thin clients, desktop PCs still make the most sense for many companies.

I was thinking about this and wondering if this too will end up going back to the days of dumb terminals logged into content providers (not a vax anymore tho ) that allow access to a set of tools depending on your needs and your business checkbook.  Certain businesses will run their own servers if the need for security is really paramount, but I think you'll see the costs for maintaining and operating computer power in your business drop dramatically as the cost of rolling out new platforms, updating licenses, and maintenance are all wrapped up in a monthly fee.  Then, on your end for hardware, its just replacing monitors as they fry or keyboards as they break.

[TheBilgeRat]

Ehh...I'm all for assembling one's own PC (cheaper and better than buying a pre-built, every time!) But it's hardly the same thing as working with the old machines, in my opinion - even on user-assembled PCs you're still usually running an OS that puts you layers and layers away from the hardware and doesn't even come with a programming language...

Awww...c'mon now!  There's bash scripting, python, java, haskell

Of course, it isn't quite assembler and basic, but then python and haskell are pretty fun and not terribly complicated.

[TheBilgeRat]

Yeah, but that's only if you run Linux.

Doesn't everyone? :lol:

But yeah - i'm picking up what you are laying down.