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Old 05-03-2006, 08:49 PM
edgar
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I agree that you probably wouldn't use it for a information providing website such as this one or even pictures etc. Anythign requiring high availability or high bandwidth.

But a webserver doesn't have to be providing HTML text pages or pictures or anything like that.

A personal website can also be a web front end to other applications, other data etc. For example, no reason why it can't be a remote access front end - remotely control and view your phone screen or camera? Get to your phone data via an http or https call? Get to documents, lists, etc via the same?

That I can see happening - not an always on, always accessible html text page - albeit the processors, memory and bandwidth are approaching that capability. But a front end process that allows something besides direct API's - using industry standard access methods could really provide a great deal of innovation, not to mention a greater ease of porting information and exisiting web based apps.
 
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