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To: Mark Orsi who wrote (3715)	5/7/1998 8:26:00 PM
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At thinworld.com "In-Stat Forecasts The Thin Client Market Will Approach 6.7 Million Units by 2002" New at IBM's website: pc.ibm.com "save 30% per year when deploying Network Stations"... "The Network Station was seen to have great potential for wider deployment in the customer environment. It proved to be cost effective and enjoyed a high degree of user acceptance. " "Because of higher reliability and lower failure rates, it could be argued that the Network Station may have a longer life cycle. Assuming a four year average life, savings would amount to 40%. " That is funny. A terminal replacement that we assume only lasts 4 years! This study seems very conservative (for widespread acceptance). Another industry solution for middle schools mentioned leasing the Network Station to keep them updated. More money for Big Blue. Cute. Another new one: pc.ibm.com Microsoft Extends NT's Tentacles zdnet.com "Our Terminal Server strategy is that it's a stepping stone between Windows 98 and NT 5," says Brad. "This gets us a GUI-based Telnet to a Windows server. It gets us security on the desktop, but it's limited to a terminal session. You can hit escape on the log-in on Windows 98 and still get in."