Posted by
michael
on from the double-your-pleasure dept.
cojsl writes "Anandtech reviews the Jetway Magic Twin small form-factor PC that allows two simultaneous users on one Windows PC. The article mentions a mobo only option too."
Wondering about licensing and grammar
by
The+I+Shing
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· Score: 5, Interesting
I wonder how licensing will work for software installed on such a computer.
Will software makers insist that multiple licenses be bought for software that will be used by two users simultaneously?
And speaking of things being equal, I feel a Grammar Raid coming on...
"Magic Twin looks like a pretty unique solution..." the article says. Why do people insist on qualifying the word unique? Something is either unique or it isn't. An object cannot be "somewhat unique" or "almost totally unique." The word means one of a kind, and without equal. Something either has equals or it doesn't.
Grammar Slammer Bammer slam Igor tomorrow, for sure!
-- You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Taking a step back?
by
mizidymizark
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Is it me, or is this returning to the days of dumb terminals? I think this is practical for some of the suggestions they had, ie. 2 children doing homework, but this is hardly a revolutionary idea.
What's it mean when there is an advertisment for the box being reviewed right beside the review?...
-- I do security
Unique? No... but legal questions?
by
NitroWolf
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· Score: 4, Interesting
It's not unique. This has been around for more than a decade. I remember an add on card for sale in CompUSA that allowed this exact thing.
I never bought one, because I never had a need. But this is no unique, in so far as allowing to people to use the same box via a mouse and keyboard. It's kinda nice to see this functionality updated, but it's certianly not unique.
However, it leads to some legal question for software licenses.
Most EULA's say you can run "One instance of the software on ONE machine at a time" - how does this apply to this machine? If you run two instances of a software package on the same machine, are you in violation of the EULA? My gut reation is yes... but will they really care?
Depends. If it's not popular, this obviously won't be inforced, but if this is something that becomes more popular, will we start to see software that won't let you run multiple instances of it at once?
The article says you can play head to head VGA games against each other... but how does that work if you're only running one instance, or are you running two instances?
This just doesn't seem all that practical for game playing. For productivity apps, though, this could be killer for cube rats. IT could deploy one machine for two cubes, cutting your hardware budget, and support in half!
Lots of questions, both technical and legal need to be worked out before this could really take off. Couple that with the fact that previous attempts at this didn't seem to fly, for whatever reason, it makes me wonder if this isn't already a dead technology.
Re:Terminal Server
by
w3weasel
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· Score: 3, Interesting
sadly, this is a kludge... specialized motherboard required... meaning the MoBo is actually siamese twins sharing non-critical chips (err.. organs).
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Just as irrigation is the lifeblood of the Southwest, lifeblood is the soup of cannibals. -- Jack Handy
The Mainframe is BACK!
by
code+addict
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Am I the only one that thinks this sounds like a mini version of a mainframe w/terminals? Maybe that's the next trend in computing, one PC per household, with multiple terminals for each family member!
First we have unix on mainframes, then Windows on PCs, and now we're moving back to Unix on mainframes again...;)
could developers....
by
zogger
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· Score: 3, Interesting
..use this? Be compiling and what not on one side, running the compiled code or working on writing on the other? Seems like one practical use. Or having one of the sides be for casually being on the net, while the other side is more open in admin mode for working, or are they both as vulnerable?
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I wonder how licensing will work for software installed on such a computer.
Will software makers insist that multiple licenses be bought for software that will be used by two users simultaneously?
And speaking of things being equal, I feel a Grammar Raid coming on...
"Magic Twin looks like a pretty unique solution..." the article says. Why do people insist on qualifying the word unique? Something is either unique or it isn't. An object cannot be "somewhat unique" or "almost totally unique." The word means one of a kind, and without equal. Something either has equals or it doesn't.
Grammar Slammer Bammer slam Igor tomorrow, for sure!
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Is it me, or is this returning to the days of dumb terminals? I think this is practical for some of the suggestions they had, ie. 2 children doing homework, but this is hardly a revolutionary idea.
What's it mean when there is an advertisment for the box being reviewed right beside the review?...
I do security
It's not unique. This has been around for more than a decade. I remember an add on card for sale in CompUSA that allowed this exact thing.
I never bought one, because I never had a need. But this is no unique, in so far as allowing to people to use the same box via a mouse and keyboard. It's kinda nice to see this functionality updated, but it's certianly not unique.
However, it leads to some legal question for software licenses.
Most EULA's say you can run "One instance of the software on ONE machine at a time" - how does this apply to this machine? If you run two instances of a software package on the same machine, are you in violation of the EULA? My gut reation is yes... but will they really care?
Depends. If it's not popular, this obviously won't be inforced, but if this is something that becomes more popular, will we start to see software that won't let you run multiple instances of it at once?
The article says you can play head to head VGA games against each other... but how does that work if you're only running one instance, or are you running two instances?
This just doesn't seem all that practical for game playing. For productivity apps, though, this could be killer for cube rats. IT could deploy one machine for two cubes, cutting your hardware budget, and support in half!
Lots of questions, both technical and legal need to be worked out before this could really take off. Couple that with the fact that previous attempts at this didn't seem to fly, for whatever reason, it makes me wonder if this isn't already a dead technology.
sadly, this is a kludge... specialized motherboard required... meaning the MoBo is actually siamese twins sharing non-critical chips (err.. organs).
Just as irrigation is the lifeblood of the Southwest, lifeblood is the soup of cannibals. -- Jack Handy
Am I the only one that thinks this sounds like a mini version of a mainframe w/terminals? Maybe that's the next trend in computing, one PC per household, with multiple terminals for each family member!
;)
First we have unix on mainframes, then Windows on PCs, and now we're moving back to Unix on mainframes again...
..use this? Be compiling and what not on one side, running the compiled code or working on writing on the other? Seems like one practical use. Or having one of the sides be for casually being on the net, while the other side is more open in admin mode for working, or are they both as vulnerable?
no, didn't RTA.