<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://fccycleclub.org/event-5147711"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://fccycleclub.org/event-5147711" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fccycleclub.org/event-5147711" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Fort Collins Cycling Club - J. Farm: Northerly and Clockwise, "D"</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fccycleclub.org/event-5147711" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#A2A2A9" style="color: rgba(60, 60, 67, 0.6);">fccycleclub.org</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://fccycleclub.org/event-5147711" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:3px;" width="36" height="36" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon" alt="favicon.ico" src="cid:0DC781DC-D435-4B30-B7E1-1472CDA11399"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Here’s the ride I am doing tomorrow. <div><br></div><div>-Bill<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 30, 2023, at 09:29, Phil Marsh <microcraftx@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Brian,<div>This sounds like a mess to me, at least until we get improvements in reliability of internet access. Assuming a reliable internet connection everywhere, with decent bandwidth, this is also an opportunity for Linux, namely having a more integrated and easier connections of portable devices to home servers.</div><div>The real threat I see is if most or all manufacturers produce only devices that can only be booted from Microsoft's corporate servers.</div><div>If internet remote boot becomes the norm for laptops, then I'll set it up to boot from my home servers.</div><div>I don't see servers going away soon and the used server market will continue to exist.</div><div>Also, it seems that obsolescence of old server technology is starting to accelerate, after a lull of several years.</div><div>Best,</div><div>Phil</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 8:50 AM Brian Sturgill <<a href="mailto:bsturgill@ataman.com">bsturgill@ataman.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div>Basically, Microsoft is working on taking Windows to a more Chromebook-like platform.</div><div>Chromebooks cannot really be freely booted, and Windows machines would likely</div><div>be the same.</div><div><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy</a></div><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Brian</div><div> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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