On Sunday 24 October 2010 22:48:29 Dave McGuire wrote: > On 10/24/10 3:36 PM, Mika A wrote: > > 2. Hide the *NIX parts > Already hidden when running the right desktop setup. My users NEVER
No, I don't mean users, I mean that you can't even try the solution without having to install *NIX somewhere. But if there was a virtual appliance one could download and run and have a Unified Storage -style single broker running with the ability to add more brokers to have it clustered and so on. It probably wouldn't remove the need for outside help when actually implementing but would lower the barrier to consider the solution. > > 1. DTU today costs more than a fully loaded PC. On top of that one needs > A few random thoughts on this: > > can buy "eMachines" PCs (cheap garbage PCs sold to consumers) from a > big-box store for $300, but those aren't what most companies buy...they > buy big Dell and Compaq/HP PCs that cost a lot more. Yet everyone uses > $300 as the benchmark "this is how much a PC costs" number. The Sun Ray > 2 at $259 isn't too bad, but at nearly twice that cost, the 3+ will But with all the support/licenses SR3 costs almost twice that (I calculate VDI licensing as well). SRS license alone is $100 more. And actually those brand names don't cost that much more anymore, (un)fortunately. But true, companies don't usually buy the cheapest ones available. > Any I.T. person who isn't willing to learn new things has no business > at all working in I.T.! The nature of this industry is that it evolves. Yes, but it may also be the boss who decides, it may sound risky to move somewhere "new" instead of staying with the old.. I know it makes the boss a big ass but unfortunately that happens also.. :-) -- Mika A - Kymenlaakson ammattikorkeakoulu, University of Applied Sciences Tietohallinto, PL 9, 48401 Kotka - Tel. +358 44 702 8262 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best intentions are fraught with disappointments - Gil Grissom _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
