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:Linux Journal: Windows PCs vs. X Terminals: A Cost Comparison
Linux Journal: Windows PCs vs. X Terminals: A Cost Comparison
Sep 30, 2004, 22 :00 UTC (24 Talkback[s]) (10944 reads)

(Other stories by Salvador Peralta)

"The Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette University has used networked X terminals in its public and staff computing environments since 1995. The original workstations were NCD and Tektronix thin clients, but over the last two years, we have been replacing the systems with recycled PC hardware that otherwise would have been scheduled for replacement.

"An X terminal is distinguished from a standalone personal computer in that X terminals rely on a networked computing model in which applications such as the desktop environment (window manager), Web browser and office software are hosted and run on a centralized application host located elsewhere on the network..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Microsoft! Put that in your M$ hash pipe ...   'Get the Facts'   
Jason Greenwood
Sep 30, 2004, 22:35:49
 
We run our entire manufacturing operatio ...   we run the same architecture   
codepunk
Sep 30, 2004, 23:49:35
 
the comparison is completely irrelevant  ...   about the price of tea in china...   
daniel
Oct 1, 2004, 03:22:35
 
if i were microsoft i would not run the  ...   Re: 'Get the Facts'   
daniel
Oct 1, 2004, 03:24:11
 
I've seen the same architecture work ...   Re: 'Get the Facts'   
Richard Corfield
Oct 1, 2004, 07:59:24
 
> We run our entire manufacturing operat ...   Re: we run the same architecture   
Roman Fietze
Oct 1, 2004, 08:34:46
 
I only wish that I could convince our sc ...   doing more with less   
Mike R.
Oct 1, 2004, 09:24:24
 
Thin-Client computing is unbeatable in t ...   Purpose built X-Thin Clients too expensive.   
Shiva
Oct 1, 2004, 14:34:45
 
> This type of Thin Client would be incr ...   Re: Purpose built X-Thin Clients too expensive.   
Matt
Oct 1, 2004, 16:50:25
 
Daniel,X is free. The software is free.  ...   Opium in China?   
Andrew
Oct 1, 2004, 17:39:44
 
>...What is really needed is an LTSP cli ...   Re: Purpose built X-Thin Clients too expensive.   
Harlan Grove
Oct 1, 2004, 17:44:55
 
"the reader should understand that old p ...   Re: about the price of tea in China   
Jonathan Bartlett
Oct 1, 2004, 18:02:06
 
> if i were microsoft i would not run th ...   Re: Re: 'Get the Facts'   
Darren
Oct 1, 2004, 19:37:30
 
As an alternative to the thin-client & s ...   Alternative multi-user fat client   
SM
Oct 1, 2004, 20:08:31
 
Why? >   Microsoft Office >=2000 not ava ...   Re: Re: Purpose built X-Thin Clients too expensive   
SM
Oct 1, 2004, 20:48:17
 
>>Not necessarily. Certainly for employe ...   Re: Re: (Harlan) Purpose built X-Thin Clients too   
SM
Oct 1, 2004, 21:19:17
 
AMD has recently released a reference de ...   Cheap AMD thin client ref. design   
SM
Oct 1, 2004, 23:28:31
 
> 1. 25 users is something completely >  ...   Re: about the price of tea in china...   
Rainer Weikusat
Oct 2, 2004, 10:00:20
 
"1. 25 users is something completely ins ...   @daniel   
AdamW
Oct 2, 2004, 18:03:58
 
> > need new licenses in order to accomo ...   Re: Re: about the price of tea in china...   
AdamW
Oct 2, 2004, 18:10:43
 
"it is called OpenOffice. It is immune f ...   Re: Re: Re: Purpose built X-Thin Clients too expen   
AdamW
Oct 2, 2004, 18:14:05
 
> "it is called OpenOffice. It is immune ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Purpose built X-Thin Clients too e   
SM
Oct 3, 2004, 00:37:37
 
> I think his point is that the author c ...   Re: Re: Re: about the price of tea in china...   
SM
Oct 3, 2004, 00:55:23
 
> I only wish that I could convince our  ...   Re: doing more with less   
Bjørn
Oct 9, 2004, 19:01:43
 
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