Genericthoughtson“personalvirtualcompu4ng”.

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Whatdoweneedtoknowaboutwhat’spossible,andwhatwewanttoachieve,inordertomakesensiblechoicesforprovidingservicesoverthenext5-10years?

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Apossibleusefuldis4nc4on–“where”isthecompu4nghappening?

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Notethatthispresenta4onisnotinterestedinmul4-userservices,perse.Thefocusisonapplica4onsorservicesthatyoucantreatasiftheywereyourown–soyoucandestroythem,reinstallthem,etc.

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Virtualworkbenchesoffermul4pleintegratedservicesconfiguredtoworkwitheachother.The“closedcomposi4on”suggeststhattheseshouldbestandalone/self-contained,ratherthanaccessingsharedservices.(Forexample,inasharedservicemodel,usersmightaccesstheirowndatasetsstoredonamul4-userdatabaseserver.Intheclosedcomposi4onmodel,thedatabaseserverwouldbebundledaspartoftheworkbenchpackageandonlybeavailablewithinthatcontext.)

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