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Samuel Toogood wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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 > Yeah, that sort of thing or a monitor with a thin client built in. Rob -- 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