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by samuel c. 1 view

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Are you using Thin Clients? I hear that the Market has Grown lately.
A few years ago Sun Oracle IBM tried to promote
Network Computer Technology. At That time Microsoft was Against.

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by thomasa

We currently have approximately 60 Compaq thin client in place running off of two terminal servers. This has obviously eliminated the need for purchasing desktop computers for users who are only running MS Office or, in most of our applications, a terminal session. This also has freed our technicians up to work on other tasks instead performing routine maintenance on desktop units.

by nchristopher

When I started at my present company about 2 years ago, we had only about 25 PC's in the whole company and about 50 dumb terminals with our AS/400. I switched everyone to Pc's and added some, we now have over 125 pc's. Recently we started using TS for our time and attendance app and I love it. As our Pc's begin to agein the next few years, I will consider switching everything over to this environment.

When I first looked at it, I didn't think it was cost justified, but what I have discovered is that it is definatley time justified. Fixing and chasing PC problems eats up a lot of our time. There are only 2 of us in our dept these PC's are spread out over 5 different locations within 120 mile radius.

by samuel c.

I have found on Techrepublic many description stories with Microsoft Citrix
Thin Clients. What about Novell, Now with Suse Linux. and/or Linux Clients or Servers?
My Guess is that a Thin Client should be:
a) Safe, b) Not Thin on CPU and Memory, c) Open to all Technologies, but First Web Based.

by roger99a

Look up Thinstation on sourceforge.org. It's a Linux client for Windows/Citrix and maybe others. Its works well in the tests I have conducted using the Via Epia motherboards. All you need is the MB, case and 32mb RAM, costs about $170.

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