Apologies to any IT staff of Bank of America who might be on this list. We don't blame you, we blame your management. :-)
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > This is Bank of America we're talking about. > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If they do it right there’s no data on the tablet itself, just a Citrix >> client. Have the tablet lock after a minute of inactivity…**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Dave**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2012 12:20 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Death of the Desktops?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I guess I am glad I don't do business with them. >> >> Jon >> **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? >> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:09:55 +0000**** >> >> I walked into BofA the other day and the person that welcomed me had a >> tablet. **** >> >> Cheers**** >> >> Ryan**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 24, 2012 8:00 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Death of the Desktops?**** >> >> **** >> >> Personally I would not look with favor on walking into a bank and seeing >> the tellers using any kind of portable device to look things up on the >> central machine, be it mainframe, mini, or server. I feel the same way >> about a lot of governemt offices as well. Would you trust people that are >> paid as little as possible with YOUR personal information and money if all >> it takes is "one bad apple" to cost you a fortune? The easier it is to >> take information without IT/management knowing about it the less I would >> trust on mobile devices. I am not saying low paid people are not trust >> worthy only that money/information could tempt anyone but they are more >> easily swayed/have less to lose. Even with things running on virtual >> machines or Citrix can be imaged and saved to a local drive. >> >> Jon >> **** >> >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? >> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:38:20 +0000 >> > >> > I agree with Greg. I think there's always (at least for the foreseeable >> future) going to be a role for desktop machines though I think SOME desktop >> clients are going to be replaced with docked mobile devices. >> > >> > It may be that 10 years from now most of us are using some sort of >> tablet that, as Greg suggests, slips into a docking station with a real >> keyboard and large monitor(s). >> > >> > Ben M. Schorr >> > Chief Executive Officer >> > ______________________________________________ >> > Roland Schorr & Tower >> > www.rolandschorr.com >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Greg Olson [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> >> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 11:07 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: RE: Death of the Desktops? >> > >> > The desktop isn’t going anywhere really, it's just evolving. What will >> probably fade out (except for high-end needs) is the dedicated non-mobile >> desktop pc. I can easily see were your tablet\phone\whatever has enough >> processing and graphic power to be sitting in a dock in the office, with >> full keyboard and mouse support, and then is lifted out and taken with you >> on the go. There will always be room for the places that have users that do >> not need this (Call centers, retail, etc) so it never will truly die out. >> > >> > -Greg >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >> > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:42 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: Death of the Desktops? >> > >> > Spreadsheets creation and data entry, page layout, photo processing, >> writing, presentation creation - those and more are far more difficult on >> anything without a keyboard and mouse. >> > >> > Kurt >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > Can you imagine writing technical documents or doing CAD on a tablet? >> > > Sure the percentages may change, but the desktop will not go away >> anytime soon. >> > > It might run on a thin client, but there's still a place for a desktop >> > > - even if virtual. >> > > >> > > Pundits have been predicting things like "the death of Citrix" and >> > > "the year of the Linux desktop" for a long while. I haven't noticed >> > > either of them happening. >> > > >> > > YMMV, IMO, etc. >> > > ---Blackberried >> > > ________________________________ >> > > From: Roger Wright <[email protected]> >> > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:40:41 -0400 >> > > To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> >> > > ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" >> > > <[email protected]> >> > > Subject: Death of the Desktops? >> > > >> > > There are a number of pundits pushing the notion that desktop >> > > computing is facing certain death, and especially for desktop >> > > computers as we've known them up to now. Indeed, there are more >> > > portable offerings available than desktop machine options, but with a >> higher price/performance/feature ratio. >> > > I'm not sure I buy it, especially for many business environments >> where >> > > access to legacy apps is critical. 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