Re: Thin clients + iSeries: feedback

My experiences have not been good in 2 different shops. In both
sites, management was sold on "cheap" equipment. One site went
Citrix (for a while), but the MCSE maintaining it couldn't keep
it up. What I did learn was that Citrix seems like most NT type
products, and likes it's own server. There is a definite load limit
for each Citrix server. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who
is not Citrix certified or not willing to build a proper network.
The 2nd site went with the cheap ethernet workstations, with
a tn5250 built in. Diff mfgr use diff tn5250, some have features,
others don't. Ours had "major" problems dealing with both
network and AS/400 printing. We found the printer ports to
be less than useless, and switched to proper network printers.
For all this "bad news" I would equate it to shops that buy cheap
pc's - same kinds of problems.
jim franz
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From: "Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@ltl400.com>
To: "Midrange-L@Midrange. Com" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:52 AM
Subject: Thin clients + iSeries: feedback


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> I'm converting a customer from Unix and we're investigating workstation
> options for local and remote locations (remotes will probably use DSL
> connections).  PC's are cheap but run Winblows (we're not suggesting Linux
> at this time); thin clients are an option as well.  My only requirement is
> 132-column support.
>
> I'd appreciate hearing any thin client war stories, suggestions, gotcha's,
> etc.  Off-line is fine; let's save the List!
>
> Thanks,
> Reeve
> reeve@ltl400.com
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