Hi Jim methinks this was destined to you, and I got by accident James
Forwarded message: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 5 20:51:37 2003 > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Chris Puttick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LTSP book > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 12:47:31 -0000 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) > List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: ><https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> > List-Unsubscribe: ><https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss>,<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi > > I've had a quick look around the Internet and noted a complete lack of books > on the subject of using LTSP. It seems to me (and I have a good record of > recognising the next success), that thin client Linux is going to be the > next big thing as its technology can be so varied that it suits all manner > of organisations needs from the global corporations (all your computers > running from 2 mirrored server farms either side of the world) to primary > schools (running a pair of servers and 30 reclaimed clients). The immediate > cost savings, and the long term TCO savings are considerable and easily > demonstrated. > > However, for a technology to gain wide acceptance, people need to (a) know > about it and (b) be able to acquire useful reference materials. While a lot > of material is available on the LTSP site, it is not easily accessible to > people, particularly those in decision making positions. Availability of > published books on the matter would be extremely useful in both areas, > either one covering both the important aspects (organisational and > technical) or two, each focussing mainly on a single aspect while paying > some attention to the other. > > Do you currently plan a book or books covering these areas? If not, would > you be interested in collaborating on such? I would bring a great awareness > of the management/organisational aspects of thin clients advantages, with a > good general technical background, including work with LTSP and other thin > client solutions, and excellent written English - I also have some press > contacts for publicity purposes. You are, of course, Mr LTSP :-), and > probably have the single greatest understanding of the technology both > conceptually and in practice. > > All comments welcome... > > Cheers > > Chris > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
