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hi
having since Chris Dawkins comments as well and baseing it on our observations here with Thin client testing, the argument is to forget the Citrix route, the license costs will kill you.
Okay. Thanks for that, Malcolm.
What are the requirements for running Windows as the client OS, if can avoid doing that then the task of running thin client solutions that have 1. Ease of Management 2. robustness 3. support for multiple platforms 4. cost effective becomes much easier.
Right. Our current setup is an absolute mess, believe me. I want to clear out the servers really as there is no documentation for the network at all. It's been 5 years since I've laid hands on a Novell server, and the NT/Wins setup is a real Heath Robinson mish mash. The whole thing is a nightmare. The Win98 clients have been setup with poledit and are a breeze to circumvent.
with office apps like Star Office or even my current favourite ThinkFree then it is only the CD-ROM support that would be a problem. A conversation with VMware about copying all CD-ROM images to a Linux servers Win98 vm has yet to take place but would be potentially a solution.
Hmmn. With a VM setup the conversion from MS toLinux would be a bit easier, as the non-believer would still have their lifebelts.
there is only limited usage of non-Windows desktops in schools (Felsted the exception), but it has potential when you really analyse what functionality is required.
I'm sold on Linux, even though I'm currently posting this from my Win2k partition. I would love to be able show the bosses what packages like Applix and Star Office can really do, and how very hard it would be for the resident script kiddies to banjax a Linux system.
let me know if you want some direct advocacy or support. i am off the leash occasionally
Thanks for the offer, Malcolm. -- Paul Hornshaw St Alered's Catholic Technology College Newton le Willows Tel: 01925 225974 x 221