No, actually, it doesn't. Sun tried this with java terminals and the like. Not too many bought into them. WebTV tried this, not too many bought into it. (Yes, I know the beast of redmond bought them.) Many other companies got behind the various thin clients, it didn't take off. Odds are it won't as it's the same rehashed idea. In the end people vote with their wallets, and very very few showed any interest in just another terminal. Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
What OS? Think X terminals, with HTTP substituting for the X protocol. It's an ideal consumer medium, too. All that's available is what the servers offer, with no chance for local wizard-wannabees to install software that doesn't follow the rules. Hmm... sounds like a set-top box, doesn't it?