Not using desktop Linux? You're wasting your money

Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Fri Jun 18 16:29:26 BST 2010


>>> I don't think it's the 'the network is the computer' tripe. I work at a
>>> steel mill that was already at the forefront of high-tech in the 1960's.
>>> So we're talking about mainframes and terminals here. Indeed why do our
>>> factory workers need a WinXP pc to operate a mainframe terminal session?
>>> It's a pendulum movement, and the economical crisis is putting pressure
>>> on
>>> IT managers so they are considering all kinds of options.
>>>
>>>
>> Mainframe terminal != Browser terminal on a broadband link. The blooming
>> browser will need Flash and Java.
> 
> I was talking from the perspective of a steel mill. :)
> 
> 

It would be really funny if Sun's 'vision' really surfaces.



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