> He's a strong proponent of X terminals, aka smart displays. I don't > know anybody else who takes that view.
/me raises his hand. I'm an strong proponent of X terms at this point. Many of the thin client solutions out there are merely X terms in one form or another. K-12 project is a good example. Thinknic is almost an X term (but not quite). Gene Mosher here in town sells a X term solution using touch screens. > He makes the quite valid point that X terminals require less > administration than workstations. He ignores the point that they > force a centralized software deployment model which is likely to be > less responsive to users' needs. Unresponsive IT is the reason the PC > took off in the first place 20 years ago. That is happening on the Windows side too... and I'd argue that centralized software if done right can be more responsive. But in the meantime, Citrix and other central deployment models are being used by the Windows crowd, except they run on top of a more unstable platform, so the support issues are bigger. > I'm not convinced of that. How easy is it to sell X terminals? You aren't selling the X terms, you are selling the whole system. The beauty of the X term/thin client is "turn it off when you are done", no upgrading, no local problems, pull another off the shelf and plug it in, and more. Seth
