Well I like the idea, but for a IT staff with as much technical background as Truman's, it would probably be cheaper (and thus a better ROI) to use a different distribution like perhaps Knoppix or CollegeLinux tweaked for the campus. One thing that I am championing currently in my company is the use of antiquated equipment with PXES linux (pxes.sf.net) to boot them as thin clients to a central citrix server. A 200Mhz machine with 64MB of RAM and no hard drive suddenly becomes just as good for your average user as a machine 10 times the size.
On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:46:23AM -0500, Tatro, Chad wrote: > I know some of you probably consider Red Hat to be the "Microsoft" of > the GNU/Linux world, but I was curious about what many of you think > about Red Hat's recent announcement of Red Hat Desktop. > http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/desktop/ > > Will this have an impact? Do you think it could be a good solution for > our environment some day, or do you feel (because of costs involved) it > detracts from the idea of Open Source? > > Just curious, (This should be a lively discussion. :-) ) > > Chad Tatro > Director of Client Services > Information Technology Services > Truman State University / SunGard Collegis Inc. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
