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To: clochard who wrote (172433)	6/13/2002 9:50:59 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Dell sucks. They ruined the tittie-bar industry in austin. There used to be quite a few high class topless bars in austin, situated pretty near Dell. All the best looking girls worked there, because the tips from Dell employees used to be great.. When I moved away from austin a while back, they had all closed down..

To: clochard who wrote (172433)	6/13/2002 11:50:38 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

Why use a thin client when a mainframe is much more efficient... Well I see nothing wrong with the concept at all. Once the flexibility to change and update is there. I don't really see any difference in server vs mainframe idea. All the significant processing power in one place. The "dumb terminals" were not a good idea because things could not progress as you have suggested. Early versions of the Thin Client solution had problems too. I have talked to IT experts and managers about them. I know of several largish firms that bought TC in the early days and had them thrown out. But lets not pretend there were never any problems with INTC/DELL/MSFT/IBM either. Development had to occur. The solution these days is reliable as far as I understand and it is a fast growing technology. Have a look at the design ins. These are no "dumb terminals". There is still resistance. For example the head guy of a department often likes to instill some "PC envy" in his subordinates by having the latest and greatest PC. But there is no real reason why a large multinational should use a large number of PC's these days (imho) The links I gave are worth a read. Regarding the "white boxes". Again I sought the advice of IT professionals and managers. They bought their home PC's from a local boxmaker. It recommended configurations and software which impressed the IT dept. The company has about 20 employees in it and knowledgeable in all aspects of the technology. They also speak with the same accent as most of their customers too -g-