web as IBM 3270 terminal (Score 4)

I read your book, and you seem to have a very anti-PC attitude (where PC means Mac, Windows, or Linux box on a user's own desk). Why is this? There are clearly a lot of interesting end-user applications that require either lots of local cpu horsepower (video editing, games) or a concern about privacy (tax returns) that make them unsuitable for the web. Given the enormous number of cheap transistors you can put onto a desktop, why do you think that a return to mainframe style dumb terminals and huge servers is the best architecture for so many things?