Re: [Open_Gaming] ANOTHER REPOST from "Open-Gaming" List

[Brian C. Robinson]

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:

> No.  You are incorrect.  Organizations right now are moving to 
> platform-neutral solutions (like Citrix and HTML) - not cross-platform 
> solutions (a subtle but important distinction).  No organizations are 
> working today to develop further into the total-integration cross-platform 
> client server model that was favored in the early nineties.  Way too 
> expensive.
>
        Just because you happen to like this model of computing doesn't
mean its the best thing there is.  There are certainly companies using
thin clients and such; I have a buddy at Citrix and he is doing very well.
But it is certainly not the only approach being used.
 
> The true facts of the matter boil down into "cost per transaction" and "cost 
> per desktop installation" industry figures.  The jury is not out on this 
> one.  For almost all of their networking products Microsoft has the lowest 
> total administrative costs per unit out there.  The same is true for systems 
> and software integration.
>
        Cept Linux, right?  Because its free...
 
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