Yes he did. And I'm thinking he may have meant WordPerfect (WP).
I think his thoughts are that you can replace TS with Pine and
WordPerfect and people are good to go.. ;)
-- Dustin Puryear President and Sr. Consultant Puryear Information Technology, LLC 225-706-8414 x112 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ techmaster@gmail.com wrote: > Did you just compare pine to terminal server? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> > > Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:01:54 > To: <nolug@nolug.org> > Subject: Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's got > an axe to grind...) > > > > WP and Pine. > > On 08/05/08 07:59, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> TS boxes rock. They make everybody's life a lot easier, especially if >> you are in IT and have to manage desktops for your company. At one of my >> previous previous previous jobs, way back, I worked for a company with >> several sites. They were running off of a SCO based application with >> green tubes everywhere. The system worked great, except nobody had >> access to features like Word or email. >> >> We replaced the whole infrastructure with centralized TS servers and >> thin clients at all of the locations, and it was a snap. Also, we were >> able to pay for the hardware and licenses by not having to hire more >> people to maintain local workstations (there are no local workstations) >> while still offering end-users the new level of required functionality >> (as told to us by those up high). >> >> If a thin clients bombs then you just unplug it, throw it away, and >> replace it with a new one. >> >> -- >> Dustin Puryear >> President and Sr. Consultant >> Puryear Information Technology, LLC >> 225-706-8414 x112 >> http://www.puryear-it.com >> >> Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" >> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >> >> >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> ... how can they be good at what they do? >>> >>> On 08/04/08 21:52, Chris Jones wrote: >>>> Yeah but you have to go where the money is, plus you can use >>>> Microsoft's inadequacies to promote Linux. Microsoft is king in the >>>> enterprise and on the desktop, but Linux really has a stronghold on >>>> back-end mission critical stuff. For example, in our company, we use >>>> a lot of Windows terminal servers. They're unreliable as hell, but >>>> they're very good at what they do. So, you sell clients a server >>>> running Linux and VMWare. The platform is rock solid and never >>>> crashes, and in the event that Windows craps out, you simply remote >>>> into the Linux or VMWare environment, and you can remotely do things >>>> like reboots, that used to require a call to a data center. It's a >>>> great way to get Linux's foot in the door for bigger and bigger gigs, >>>> before long people will be trusting it to do much more than they >>>> originally expected it to do. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Jeremiah T. Gray <jtgray79@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Bummer it's m$ft. Alabama could benefit from more Linux. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 4, 2008, at 6:54 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 08/04/08 20:24, Joey Kelly wrote: >>>>>>> http://neworleans.craigslist.org/cpg/782559671.html >>>>>> Axe to grind, or stating the blindingly obvious? >>>>>> > ___________________ Nolug mailing list nolug@nolug.orgReceived on 08/05/08
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