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Desktop virtualisation's year has been marked by a growing number of insistences that the technology is now mature, doesn't require more storage than you first planned for and can handle even graphics-intensive, workstation-grade workloads. Hence announcements like Google and Nvidia suggesting Chromebooks can run anything if …

  1. P. Lee

    Ah VDI

    Never in the history of computing has so much effort been made by so many to fix problems of their own making.

    Question: if Vmware can make sure software processes don't crash each other, why can't Microsoft?

    Would it not makes sense for MS to change their packaging so apps and config are not mixed with the os?

    I'd rather have a robust os with simple app configuration storage than powershell or a touch interface.

    On a more interesting note, why not torrent desktop updates between end clients? Then the more clients logging in at 9am the faster the updates are distributed.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Ah VDI

      App-V does exactly the kind of separation you're talking about between OS and App.

  2. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Facepalm

    "Strategic planning process for end user computing"

    Systems and methods are described for obtaining a first governance score that is a measure of federation for a platform, a first risk score that is a measure of risk tolerance for the platform, a first audit score that is a measure of record keeping ability for the platform, a first productivity score that is a measure of workforce productivity for the platform, and a first elasticity score that is a measure of change tolerance for the platform. The method further obtains operational readiness scores that are measures of processes used to manage the platform within an organization, adjusts the first scores based on the operational readiness scores, calculates respective corresponding second scores pertaining to the organization, calculates a respective assessment for each of the adjusted first scores based on a comparison of the adjusted first score with the corresponding second score, and provides a summary of the assessments.

    A patent on pulling floats out of the arse? In 2014?

    Yes, it's amerruca.

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