Alexandro Colorado wrote:
Thin clients can already use office suites. We setup a set of thin
clients at a primary school a while ago and they're running OOo.
Yes and is a pain to set-up,
I didn't think it was. The thin client itself might have been. But I
didn't have to do any extra work to get OOo working on it.
Also a web-centric office suite put much more push towards
intgretation,
Why? And why is that desirable?
Document automatization,
That sounds very buzz word compliant, but I don't know what it means.
centralized storage,
But I listed this as a drawback. You lose your internet connection and
you lose your documents.
better control of autentication,
Why does a remote server give you better authentication?
better collaborative scheme.
Buzz word compliant, but I don't know what you mean.
An example is when you
switch computers to edit a document on the LAN you asume other peoples
identity since authentication is installation base.
Why? That's not how thin clients work.
A log-in method assume authentication when you access let say, the
intranet. That makes it easier to track. Also a web based
intranet-extranet is more secure and mobile.
Why is it more secure? It seems less secure to me. A lot less.
If your laptop gets stolen you can loose all that data.
I have lost internet connections many times. Some times for an extended
period of time. In contrast, my laptop has never been stolen. I think
that the risk of losing internet access is greater than the risk of
losing your laptop. Furthermore, I can have a redundant backup on a USB key.
However many people struggle mantaining their office suites lack of
flexibility, they can't get any authomatization but through local
scripts (macros), the management of those macros is also a pain since
you need to verify which macros are secure.
If someone wants to use my computer they need my login and password.
What more authentication do I need?
I think you are thinking on a service like Writely, while I am talking
about a web app like EyeOS or PHP-Nuke where you can install on your
intranet and provide it for your company from your local server.
Ok. If it's installed in the local intranet, then it's not all that
mobile and not any different from using thin clients. So what's the
advantage then?
Daniel.
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