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Will Apple Ever Offer Multi-User IOS?
They could, but would they?
In the olden days, client-server ruled the computing world. You — that is, your identity, your files, and the apps you would use — existed on a server. You logged in on a client device, which might have been a dumb character based terminal or a slightly smarter display device. You had device independence; you could do your work on any client device that could make a connection to the server. Your client machine could be unplugged and quickly replaced with another if it malfunctioned.
There were good reasons for this. Computers were expensive, powerful computers were hellishly expensive. Early personal computers were too anemic for many tasks, but if they could access a more powerful server, their usefulness was magnified.
Pieces of that still exist today, although the clients are much smarter and you may be more dependent upon them. If your Windows machine gasps and rolls over dead, getting a new machine running and connected to the server or servers you need for your work could require an annoying amount of time.
Multi-user and multi-tasking
Servers need to be able to serve multiple users and of course, run many apps and processes at the same time. Being able to run more…
