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On 3/16/2012 12:24 PM, David Eisner wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Warren Young<warren@etr-usa.com>  wrote:
>> What I can't see happening is the iPadification of Windows Server.  I can
>
> Indeed:
>
> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/SAC-416T
>
> "All server apps should be restructured to run on Windows Server
> systems without a GUI stack...PowerShell....ya ya ya...

Waitamminit....  you're telling me Windows Server 8 can finally work 
like PDP-8 Unix?

I should have seen that coming.  It's not the iPadification of Windows 
Server, it's the VMification.  Same effect, in this case: MS still wants 
the classic desktop to die.

The pendulum, she keeps on swinging....