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Corbin Davenport

@kde No they don't, Verge ran a bad headline about Microsoft expanding cloud Windows streaming and then it turned into a game of telephone.

28 Jun 2023 at 18:19 | Wall-to-wall | Open on toot.community
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keithzg
@corbin @kde I dunno, the details seem to be pretty solid in terms of internal goals and dreams, I don't think one can say Microsoft hasn't internally and even externally expressed this desire, and it's nothing new—they've been making such noises at least since Azure was announced, in part to appeal to investors by talking up cloud hype. But it's also true that Microsoft has a long, long tradition of promising the moon and barely reaching the treetops (see for example WinFS) so I wouldn't worry too much about it anytime too soon.

That being said I definitely run KDE both at work and at home, heh.
@corbin @kde I dunno, the details seem to be pretty solid in terms of internal goals and dreams, I don't think one can say Microsoft hasn't internally and even externally expressed this desire, and it's nothing new—they've been making such noises at least since Azure was announced, in part to appeal to investors by talking up cloud hype. But it's also true that Microsoft has a long, long tradition of promising the moon and barely reaching the treetops (see for example WinFS) so I wouldn't worry too...
28 Jun 2023 at 18:25 | Open on fediverse.keithzg.ca
KDE

@corbin

Internal memo from MS:

"Move Windows 11 increasingly to the Cloud: 365 to enable a full Windows operating system streamed from the cloud to any device. Use the power of the cloud and client to enable improved Al-powered services and full roaming of people’s digital experience".
28 Jun 2023 at 18:30 | Open on floss.social
Corbin Davenport

@kde Right, they want a thin client version of Windows as an option for consumers instead of just enterprise customers. No one said "fully move" except Verge.

28 Jun 2023 at 18:32 | Open on toot.community
*The* Paul Brown

@corbin

No offense, but there is also no mention of "thin clients" or this whole strategy you attribute it to.

If you have more context, maybe more pages from that memo that gives more context, please share.

28 Jun 2023 at 18:43 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Corbin Davenport

@Bro666 Windows 365 already exists, it's just only for companies right now that need to sometimes run Windows software on non-Windows devices: microsoft.com/en-us/windows-36

"Move" is a weird word in that presentation slide, but that's getting into semantics. It's pretty clear they mean that cloud Windows should be an option for consumers, not that Windows will somehow only be a cloud thing.

28 Jun 2023 at 18:49 | Open on toot.community
*The* Paul Brown

@corbin

Here's the thing: all we know is what it says... Again, unless you have some internal insight and can back it up with evidence, that is.

28 Jun 2023 at 18:53 | Open on social.tchncs.de
Corbin Davenport

@Bro666 My evidence is reading comprehension. There is no feasible way to move millions or billions of PCs to a streaming solution for all computing tasks with the technology we have today, so the next likely explanation for poor wording in an internal document is that cloud streaming is an option for people who want it, which is a far lower amount of people.

28 Jun 2023 at 19:06 | Open on toot.community
*The* Paul Brown

@corbin

But it goes both ways, doesn't it? You inferred one thing. The author of the headline inferred something different.

Both of you are approaching this from different hypothetical contexts, as you lack the real one. Thus you reach different interpretations of what this memo means.

My point is you cannot say for sure the headline is wrong.

28 Jun 2023 at 19:37 | Open on social.tchncs.de
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