Re: Cheaper Servers?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

As you say, for good or ill, probably IE.

A problem might arise due to different disk formatting on AS/400s vs
Windows. They solved it for Linux, but this might need a separate drive.

Speaking of which, how could IBM justify the cost for drives in a laptop
that they do on the bigger iron?

At 07:43 AM 4/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
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>Would it be tricky for the web server to support both this directly
>attached device, and lan attached devices?  Maybe not.
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>What browser would it run?  After all, the original thin client browser
>would not support Notes and had a statement that it never would.  Most of
>us, regardless of our likes or dislikes, have to support the latest IE
>browser because that is what many people accessing our web site would use.
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>Rob Berendt
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>Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@attbi.com>
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>Could there not be some kind of onboard thin client thingy in a box like
>this? That could have a minimal emulator, plus a browser, etc. It might
>not
>end up being a laptop - maybe a bit bigger.
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>At 02:15 PM 4/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >From: James Rich <james@eaerich.com>
> > > Even if support was added to OS/400 for PC hardware (specifically
>video
> > > cards, keyboards, and mouse) it is still ridiculous to think that
>OS/400
> > > on portable hardware would topple Microsoft's monopoly.
> >
> >agreed, of course, but I didn't think that that was what most of
> >us had in mind. We would be happy with just having a laptop
> >OS/400.
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