Re: Mainframe & thin-client (was Re: Microsoft good press over Longhorn)

From: cr (cr_at_orcon.net.nz)
Date: 11/08/03

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Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:39:41 +1300

    To wind this down a bit....

    (massive snippage)

    > > > > Thin Clients might be suitable for copy typists, data entry clerks
    > > > > and Dumb Users. Certainly not for engineers or anybody who's
    > > > > likely to be reading this list. If we thought Microcrap was the
    > > > > greatest we wouldn't be on this list, right?
    > > >
    > > > Guess what? Thin-clients work *great* on Linux! http://www.ltsp.org
    > > >
    > > > TC obviously isn't suitable for your tasks, but to say "Does anyone
    > > > wonder why I hate Thin Clients...?" is a very "big" sentence.
    > >
    > > *I* hate Thin Clients, for the very good reasons I stated. I never said
    > > everybody else has to, I guess there are zillions of Windoze users out
    > > there who are perfectly happy locked in a cosy padded cell.
    >
    > Again, it's MS, not TC.

    OK, let's just say that I *hate* Thin Clients when they're loaded with
    nothing but Micro$oft software. I have no experience of Thin Clients
    running Linux so I'd better reserve judgement on those. :)

    cr 

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