Comments on: Thin-client makers ride Linux bandwagon
Among those embracing the open-source operating system is a manufacturer that had previously rejected the penguin.
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Now that's genious.
Thin clients have failed to catch on time and time again. Gee, lets invest in this idea just once more... please??
- Free Thin client OS
- by August 6, 2004 7:57 AM PDT
- Paying hundreds of dollars for machine that doesn't do anything by itself IS rediculus. However... Open Source is there to help. I've been using Thinstation for quite a bit now and it's working out great. Easy to configure and set up and works with just about any operating system server. http://thinstation.sourceforge.net
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- Of course....
- by David Arbogast August 6, 2004 12:57 PM PDT
- As usual, if there is a problem, there is an open-source solution.
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(3 Comments)This thin-client software is nothing special. Its just another thin-client OS. Except now it can sit on a more powerful computer while it clogs the network with unnecessary traffic.
They theory of dedicated thin-client networks went out of favor with mainframes, and I have yet to see any strong justification for bringing it back. New implementations of old ideas, whether proprietary or open-source have not changed the landscape one bit.