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Originally Posted by MTI
We're likely to be the last generation to have to deal with a desktop OS, considering the direction that computing is going. We've come back nearly full circle to "dumb terminals" connected to servers.
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A properly designed desktop OS (read: OS X, some Unix variants, jury is still out on Win 8) doesn't have to be "dealt with" -- it's just usable. And a lot of data have no business being in the "cloud", or really anywhere else other than in the user's home or place of business.
I think the future will be a hybrid of online and local. With processing capability and storage being dirt cheap, it's asinine not to utilize it on the local device.