From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 30 15:31:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD5D737B401 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:31:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au [210.49.20.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C42143EA9 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 15:31:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ianjp@hypermax.net.au) Received: from hypermax.net.au (golax6-031.dialup.optusnet.com.au [211.28.134.31]) by mail011.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gBUNVBX11328 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:31:11 +1100 Message-ID: <3E10D746.D8BF1F9F@hypermax.net.au> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:31:18 +1000 From: Ian Pulsford X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: diskless workstation - minimum requirements? References: <20021228135828.A26212-100000@m20.unixathome.org> <3E107B16.78D02E29@hypermax.net.au> <20021230203211.GA1743@trot.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org George Georgalis wrote: [...] > There is more to cost than hardware too... > > http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/12/04/2346215.shtml?tid=19 > > - By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - > > We're back in Largo, Florida, checking on advances in the Linux-based > network they use to run the city's computers that we wrote about last > year. True to Largo's "City of Progress" motto, these guys have not > been standing still. Now they're talking about Linux-based terminals > in all the city's police cars. Microsoft has tried -- and failed -- to > bring them into the proprietary fold. And, possibly most important, > we have an amazing cost figure that ought to make you ask your local > politicians why their IT operations aren't as efficient as Largo's. The question is what is going to grab the business users eye (and mind first)? If Dan could perhaps have the diskless machine running a web browser with a page of links to articles like this? Just a suggestion. Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message