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James Fidell wrote: > Paul Weaver wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 12:35:53AM +0100, James Fidell wrote: >> >>> Before that (and before most people had probably heard of the interweb), >>> there were things like X terminals -- little boxes with a display and a >>> copy of the X server in a PROM. Everything you ran had to come from a >>> centrally-managed server somewhere (and be stored on one, too). Give me >>> a wifi X terminal now and I could probably do 99.9% of my usual work in >>> the same way as I already do. Brilliant idea, so where are they now? >>> >> My Sister is a civilian for West Mercia police, she uses somethign >> called a "Win Term", something like >> http://wyse.vecmar.com/winterm/products/productpage.asp?pid=6814 >> I'd imagine. She says they're great with the weather at the moment :) >> > Given that it's running embedded windows, a "slightly chubby" client, > perhaps? :) Seems like a good idea, though. > > James http://www.wyse.com/products/software/os/ They do have an embedded OS, but it doesn't appear to be Windows embedded. Since all clients connecting to a Windows server system would use Terminal Services, you would presumably need a license for each connecting device. Anyone know what the cost of a Terminal Services Client Access License is? Grant. (I'm surprised they're not PXE boot devices... surely that would have made them even thinner?) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html