Part of the key to a good thin client solution is a strong setup on the
server side for user data, apps that run well, remote access, etc. I agree
that it helps a great deal to turn off the USB drives and other such
interfaces wherever possible.
The neat thing that you realize pretty quickly is that in alot of business
environments there are very few users that need a full blown unfettered PC
setup to get their WORK done. Also, eventually alot of the users
learn/realize that they are having alot less trouble on the thin client
setup as compared to their home or previous PC setups!
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Most net station aficionados eschew USB drives and that genre. They call
them security risks. Too easy to download data and walk off with it.
Also, it's not backed up. And if the person forgot his thumb drive that
day, he's hosed. Lucky I live close to work - I forget my PC quite often
and have to return home to get it. Pity those poor unfortunates that live
an hour away.
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What deployment issues, Rob. By definition there aren't any.
Applications can run a couple of years without upgrades. If there's a
fatal flaw then yes, it needs fixing, but to upgrade the word processor
for some new feature? Nah. No need. The applications today already
have way more features than most users will ever even see, let alone use.
As to cookies, etc... good point. Server disk space? These new USB
drives? That has virtue, now that I think about it. Youze takes yer
personal data & settings with you in your purse/briefcase. Lots of
security and networking issues just disappear, but I suppose new ones
hove into sight?
Please understand, I am not advocating here. Just trying to see
possibilities and perhaps a glimpse into the future?
rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sure, and you would have the same deployment issues as your basic fat
client. Every time you needed to do an upgrade you'd have to upgrade
the
chips on all those clients to support the latest browser, Open Office
application, etc.
Or, you could do what IBM tried and during bootup it would initiate a
trivial ftp session (TFTP) to the mother ship and update itself from
there. With huge cautions that if the user rebooted again during the
update you just trashed the thin client.
What about cookies and that genre? Say what you will about the "black
helicopters crowd" who insist on turning off all cookies, java script,
etc. You know, those who insist that the world adopt to them (but
doesn't).
Rob Berendt
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