:Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux Sep 1, 2007, 20 :00 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (6354 reads)
"Lifehacker: Do you think we'll ever get to the point when the Linux desktop is nothing more than a terminal used to connect to the web?
"Mark Shuttleworth: No, I don't think so. I think you can give people a richer experience though a client application then you can just through the web. Again, I think the emphasis tends to swing like a pendulum. We went from green screen terminals to rich clients and then we went back to the web. In due course, I think balance will be restored. You can do some interesting things..."