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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (17519)7/1/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: Stormweaver  Read Replies (2) of 64865
 
Window dress it as you need, call it thin client or light client or a smart FRU but they are very limited, simplistic devices. These things have a market but to claim they will push the PC aside is ludicrous.

The concept of "Winterms" has been done by MSFT but has also been around since the early 90's with Novell; NIC's with boot proms. Sun had their own failed attempt called Auto Client. These light client architectures didn't work for a desktop since they essentially dumb terminals; just like the JavaStation.

My guesses why these types of desktops are failures:

1. Completely network/server dependant.
- when the net or server goes down the entire department or company goes down
2. More rigid ; less room for user specific customizations.

...gotta go
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