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Re: [LUG] silicon.com - Why The Linux Desktop Dream Is Over

 

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Rob Beard wrote:
> I remember Larry Ellison a few years back (almost 10 years ago I think) 
> saying that Network Computers (i.e. thin clients) would be the future.  
> You know, he might have been on to something there.  Just think, an ISP 
> could provide a thin client running something like FreeNX connecting to 
> a Linux server over a broadband connection.  Storage could be provided 
> with a flash card reader or USB pen drive.  Something like that for £15 
> a month or so would surely be of interest to those folk who could afford 
> a broadband connection but didn't have a computer?
> 
You mean like this:
http://quoi9.net/english/2006/09/25/free-computer-with-every-broadband-subscription/


Alright, it's not a thin client, but it could be.

Sam
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