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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't PC just mean personal computer though?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but ironically the PC was a reaction to the more authoritarian IBM server/terminal model. The PC was really about owning and being able to hack your own shit. It seems like cloud+device lockdown is just reinventing servers and terminals...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, they're not called International Personal Machines, are they? The server-terminal system worked well for a large organisation, and it's not far away from how many companies still do things.