> For my own education please, I need someone to explain a potentially far > reaching decision made by our IT people at work.... >
This will be a budgetary thing. Somebody expecting a magic wand to save lots of IT support money; server software licensing presumed cheaper than individual desktop licences. 'Instant' fault-fnding; if a machine breaks (desktop or server) you just blitz it back to a stock image and start over. Because nobody keeps data except in the designated network drive. Of course. And everyone has a standard set-up across the enterprise. Naturally. Been there. Bought the t-shirt. At least you've got Win7 PC's and not Wyse thin clients... -- Rgds RC Robin Catling Full Circle Podcast
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