On Saturday 19 November 2005 12:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter; > > While I understand your argument and agree that the TCO of an LTSP > implementation is better over the long haul, my client had a need for > only 3 PCs for customers to use to browse the Internet with no server. > He was waving an offer from Dell at me for complete PCs with 17" > Flat Panel Monitors for $399 ea. > > My price for thin client + Flat Panel + Keyboard + mouse was higher > and yet didn't have software, hard disk, CD-ROM and required a > server. > > Don't get me wrong - I finally sold him on it and since then, he said > it's some of the best money he ever spent and is entirely pleased with > the setup. > > My point is that LTSP+Ruby could significantly lower the per-seat > cost to make a much more compelling argument in favor of LTSP.
Tom the idea is kewl. I fear there are no free lunches! You don't want 1 box swapping for even 1/2 doz users so lets say 250M/user ie 1.5G for a six user cluster. Then I've not seen more that 8 usb ports on a motherboad (4 keyboard/mouse combos), then 4 graphics cards, (or addon usb ports and lots of PCI slots). To quote the senator 'a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're talking serious money' I think the myriad of cheap thin clients is a much nicer option, consider the nightmare of sound, usb-sticks (ooops, need more ports) etc. James ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
