On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 11:22, adrian.wells wrote:
It would seem that big, generic apps are not the problem as most 'business' type software tends to have a gnu/linux equivalent. The big problem are these ex teachers sitting in the middle of Dartmoor, knocking out PC versions of their BBC micro software for Sup Ed and the like. I'm sure
these will not be given up easily by the departments that know and love them! I would also imagine that they would be unlikely to give up the income and move to open source nor invest the time to become multi platform.
That is exactly the argument for thin client. Low cost productivity tools everywhere and fat clients running Windows for specialist apps where needed. But wouldn't this require logging into different servers to run different apps that run on different platforms? and how would productivity enabling
If you want a cyber cafe in the library a 15 station thin client network costing under 5k is a good way to do it. Also in libraries where fan noise is a nuisance and mostly the machine is used for Internet research and producing documents. Target the technology on need rather than assuming everything has to run everything. Don't forget that I'm not starting from scratch - I will inherit these machines as I imagine many people will, and as time goes on, the spec of
that things like cut & paste work? Could one run say Word from a "windows server" and Qubebase from a "MAC server" have both apps on the screen and copy and paste between the two? I understand that copy and paste isn't even that brill within the same server. these machines will grow. I just want to be able to put the machines to use, rather than fill a hole in the ground. My intention is to start small, but have the correct path set out to grow - I don't want to increase my admin overhead any more than necessary. Adrian