On 21 August 2010 09:35, cjt <[email protected]> wrote: > > At this point, it'll probably be too little, too late. One can > already purchase a complete PC for _much_ less than a SunRay, and > that's a pretty compelling value proposition, despite all the Ray's > advantages, and particularly in light of the uncertainty going > forward (your plea notwithstanding).
It is such an uphill battle selling a thin solution when the cost of the terminals alone is well in excess of what a basic fat client would cost. The fat client, of course, delivers a much better multi-media experience. Now factor in the various RTU's and server software costs and you're looking at a big outlay before you even start delivering end user desktops and software. Now I, and pretty much everyone on this list can understand the TCO benefits of Sun Ray. Just saying it's a hard sell to the decision makers for smallish deployments ~ 50 seats or less. It used to be much easier when you could say the per seat cost, including servers for the thing clients, was less than the fat case. This is simply not the case any more even in the case of native Linux or Solaris desktops let alone VDI with Windows. I'm looking for enlightenment here, not flaming. Look forward to some feedback. -- Kind regards, John Francis _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
