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Old models of computing always tend to linger too long, but client-server was based on a fallacy -- and needs to go away sooner rather than later I write this week from IBM’s Insight conference in Las ...

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I had a front row seat at Microsoft to watch the first two application model transitions. Early mainframe and minicomputer systems were monolithic, with data storage, application code, and terminal ...

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Today that’s a musty buzzword. But just like the Internet, thin-client computing has gone through a makeover, a cycle of hype, revision and metamorphosis. Now, with an assist from the Internet, thin ...