Re: if only the internet was a distributed network
It's cyclical - it started with mainframes that grew dumb terminals, then power went to the edge with desktops, then the "cloud" grew and power went back to the core. Next stop - edge-cloud services aka "cloud in a box", perhaps run on the high cores per chip devices when the production volumes make it more accessible for the desktop, but you end up renting VMs for the application you want rather than buying and installing it.
Then it'll somehow migrate personal clouds into a whole, central stormfront of clouds.
Lather, rinse, repeat...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
