On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:49:37 -0200, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> And yet in the IT world, things tend to go in cycles.  We had the
>> mainframe+dumb terminal, then fat clients, then thin clients with
>> things like Citrix and LTS....
> 
> Web apps = going back to thin clients. Except they are getting fat
> nowadays. :/

Yep.  It's interesting to see the cycles.  It's been my observation that 
those who identify the cycles tend to do much better in the IT world - it 
means there's less change to deal with, and less change in the IT world 
makes it less overwhelming - even if there are implementation 
differences, recognising the similarities to older technology can really 
help you learn the new stuff.

Jim

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