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In article <9gqkhf$c10$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, "Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:
> Well, the point was, at one time lots (if not most or all) of the computing
> was done in some centralized manner. You had a mainframe to which you
> connected and on that mainframe was where you had your data and programs.
> That had the advantage (as Micro$oft will tell you) that you could access
> your data from anywhere on any piece of equipment (a dumb terminal at the
> time) and if some piece of software you used was supported by the central
> location, you instantly got updates as they were made.

But that was centralized within a legal entity, generally not across
legal entities like Microsoft is suggesting.