The PC Killed Time-Share Computing; Will Cloud Computing Bring It Back?

Overview If you’re old enough to recall PDP-11 minicomputers (even this term seem to be fading!) and similar multi-user computers running the Unix operating system – yes, famous at being multitasking multi-user operating system – you’ll no doubt remember a cluster of dumb terminals connected to a central computer for time-sharing of compute power. In those days (I knew the Read more…