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2title: January 23rd, 2024
3date: 2024-01-23, 20:39:58 -08:00
4section: journal
5link: http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Eternal_Mainframe.html
6tags:
7 - futureofcomputing
8 - longread
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10An excellent long read by Rudolf Winestock, [“The Eternal Mainframe”](http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Eternal_Mainframe.html). It describes the cloud as a return to shared mainframes, the death of standalone “offline” personal computers.
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12> True standalone personal computers may return to their roots: toys for hobbyists.
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14Fits my [[death of the professional desktop operating system]] hypothesis.