[X4U] Widgets...

[Peter Krug]

On May 14, 2005, at 7:53 AM, Peter Saint James wrote:
>
>     I found it interesting that a good many of the widgets only  
> work when one is on-line.  It seems that Apple (and probably the  
> kid in Redmond) is moving toward assuming that everyone is on-line  
> all the time.   How long before dial-up is a thing of the past?
>     If this is truly the way things are going, it seems a sort of  
> digression.  At first people used workstations that connected to  
> giant computers.  Advent of the personal computer was considered a  
> revolution.  Now it seems that personal computers are devolving  
> into workstations for the internet.  Will it really come to that?   
> What are the ramifications?  More control over who does what with  
> their computer?
>

Peter,  perhaps you should read some of this:

http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/ 
next_wave_tigers_real_secret_weapon_to_rock_the_market/

A quote:
"By definition, a Webtone denotes continuous, immediate access to the  
Internet, with sufficient bandwidth to deliver services via mobile  
phones, supercomputers, and Web appliances. Apple’s use of Device  
over IP will be found symbiotically connected to Xserves – based on  
Tiger. Apple’s Webtone will be introduced on a new breed of hardware  
that won’t use OS X Tiger on the client side, but rather a new kind  
of consumer GUI that is “live,” always on, and ready to serve you."

Peter

A little computer haiku:
I can't remember
the last time I restarted
I love OS X

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