RE: Some fodder for marketing, perhaps

OK.  I guess I don't understand that statement either.  I'm not trying to be
deliberately obtuse here, but why is a dumb terminal any cheaper to maintain
over the long run than a PC?  

Let's assume you buy a $400 Dell and load it with WinXP Pro and TN5250. If
that PC is never connected to the web, you don't need to worry too much
about viruses, I wouldn't' think so you could probably get by without virus
protection or if not, load some freeware virus protection on it. 

Hard drives will spin for years without replacement.  You don't need to buy
any extra equipment for the PC to communicate with your iSeries, that I'm
aware of, like you do with the dumb terminal. 

I guess I'm just not understanding this argument. 



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To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Some fodder for marketing, perhaps

It's not the purchase price.  It's the price to maintain & administer it
over it's useful life.  A terminal costs very little; a PC costs quite a
lot.