Subj : Re: Halt and Catch Fire
To   : Nightfox
From : Moondog
Date : Tue May 10 2022 00:17:00

  Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
  By: Nightfox to Moondog on Mon May 09 2022 08:49 am

 >   Re: Re: Halt and Catch Fire
 >   By: Moondog to Nightfox on Sun May 08 2022 08:03 am
 > 
 >  Mo> In a business environment many of those things you mention (and I
 >  Mo> mentioned) as being processor intensive) are non-issues, since gaming i
 >  Mo> usually forbidden on company time, and video editing, drafting and desi
 > 
 > I was thinking mainly of home use.  If business use was the focus of the thr
 > 
 > Nightfox
 > 
We're on the same page, and even the same book now:)

Yeah,I thought that was clear when I mentioned a 2000 user environment earlie
r.

Thin clients are more of a "pay me now" form of maintaining a multi-user
desktop environment.  It pays off in the long run when software patches and
revisions are made, or someone's workstation hardware craps out, and they can
walk over to any open desk in their department and have access to all their
apps and storage.  The last project I was on was at a hospital, and they used
a hybrid environemnt where they used regular desktops that ran apps locally,
however the apps they had access to were controlled by a remote profile
manager.  Once you isgned in, the Zen desktop would pop up a window with all
the apps you have access to.  If you need some thing else, you fill out a
request and have your manager approve it.  When received, an admin will add
permissions to that app in your profile.  Log out and log back in, and the
icon appears.

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