Network latency has failed to keep up with other improvements in computer performance. … The last three decades have seen only a 30x reduction in latency, while network bandwidth has improved more than 3,000x over the same period, and processor throughput, disk capacity, and memory capacity have also had large gains.

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  4. christmasgorilla said: “When the network becomes as fast as the processor, the computer hollows out and spreads across the network.” - Eric Schmidt, 2003
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