I believe the SunRay strategy is perceived as too high risk by corporates who have had their fingers burnt by buying proprietary kit which proved to be a technological dead-end.
See http://www.wohl.com/wa0284.htm for why I think LTSP is a much better bet. The white paper referred to there eventually reached the light of day on http://uk.homelinux.org/index.php?s=16 John On Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:20:40 -0500 (EST) Michael Marschall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, John McCreesh wrote: > > > I don't know what the sales of the Cobalt Qube (now owned by Sun) > > are. It's operating in a similar space. If Sun's marketing honchos > > had half a brain they'd be doing an 'Office Qube' running LTSP, > > StarOffice, and Samba to provide MS-Office in a box. > > > > But they haven't, so they won't. > > Sun has their Sun Ray thin client solution. They have the Sun Ray > Server software and three different thin clients. They are also coming > out with a Semi-Thin client when they release there Linux PC's. > > Michael > > > > > John > > > > http://www.sun.com/hardware/serverappliances/qube3/ > > > > On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 15:42:29 -0800 > > "Mike Hjorleifsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > If someone were to provide a turnkey server with a neat little web > > > interface for LTSP and a list of compatible "terminal" equipment > > > along with tech support do the folks on THIS LIST think people > > > would by it ? > > > > > > Curious... > > > Mike > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > __ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, > > goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on > > irc.openprojects.net > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
