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To: Robert G. Harrell who wrote (2836)	9/20/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3014

Bob, the concept of thin-client is using a remote computer to compute and a less powerful system to access control and display the results of the compute. A PC running a browser that can run an office suite for example is operating like a thin-client. This as opposed to a PC running a office application locally. I use Linux and have apps like applixware. When I run and display applixware on the same machine I not in a thin-client model. But as I can network Linux machines I can start applix on computer obtuse and display the app on computer acute. This is an example of thin-client on an intranet. The basic idea is that in a think client model the power/cost of the client can be reduced as it does not require as much compute and storage as the traditional PC/workstaion model. The trade off is that both client and server and interconnect must all be operating to run any app. If you want to know more about applix and their products. applix.com The above page is an excellent summary. Tom Watson tosiwmee