On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:22:01 -0000, "William Black"
wrote:
>>>Now the industry standard, called a 'thin client'.
>>
>> Completely wrong. Ellison's concept was a Citrix/MTS not a thin
>> client. A thin client has no software at all on the client end and
>> Ellison's would have. It's the thin client that became the industry
>> standard, not Ellison's network computer concept.
>
>It's a hell of a close call to tell the difference if you're sitting behind
>one...
No, it's very easy in fact.
>
>>>I didn't say they'd earn what Gates does, that was Mixi, who's bonkers.
>>>I
>>>said they'd be very rich indeed.
>>
>> True. I was addressing the Gate's one which is bizarre at best,
>> though I think there is very little chance of anyone getting very rich
>> (whatever that means) for 1 cent transactions.
>
>It depends on how many billions of transactions you have.
You couldn't begin to do enough even if you foolishly thought you
would get 100% of the market. Which is why it's a complete pipe
dream. |