Re: [Nolug] The Unix Desktop (was Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotanaxe to grind...))

Asking questions.

On 08/05/08 16:40, Dustin Puryear wrote:
> I guess I'm just totally confused by what you are asking/trying to say
> then. Were you agreeing, disagreeing, asking a question? I'm lost! :)
>
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> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> That's why I contrasted "complete" vs. thin...
>>
>> On 08/05/08 16:31, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>> I'm thinking you aren't familiar with thin clients used in Windows TS
>>> situations. The whole idea is that there is no hard drive or any
>>> moving parts. It's basically just a little piece of plastic that you
>>> throw on the network to use to connect to Windows TS. As far as
>>> booting locally, they boot from firmware.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>> On 08/05/08 14:06, Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>>>> I don't understand what you mean by: 'Because the driver of cost is
>>>>> the number of "complete computers"?' What do you mean "complete
>>>>> computer"? You mean with a keyboard and monitor?

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