____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 28 November 2007 20:27 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Keith Windsor
> <keith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:12:46 -0500
> <474db1e0$0$26284$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> "Mark Kent" <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:i88025-iit.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Kid-size computers
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| Fresno Unified officials buy 1,000 wireless laptops that will fit on
>>>>| students' desktops.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.fresnobee.com/263/v-printerfriendly/story/187043.html
>>>>
>>>
>>> Reduced footprint, reduced power consumption, increased portability.
>>> The next generation of net terminals are portable, and bridge the gap
>>> between the mobile phone and the computer.
>>>
>>> The world is no longer remotely interested in high power-consumption,
>>> resource-hungry upgrade-treadmill-lock-in machinery.
>>>
>>
>>> At this point, I'd also like to predict the death of the corporate
>>> intranet.
>>
>>
>> -- "At this point, I'd also like to predict the death of the corporate
>> intranet."
>>
>> Oh look - yet another idiotic prediction.
>>
>
> I'm still waiting for the paperless office. :-P :-) (That, and
> the death of Usenet.)
Usenet seems to be dying in the sense that people perceive it as "Google
Groups". Paperless office? Over here. For 4 years so far... :-)
--
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