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Sun Discovers Dumb Terminals

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the o-in-old-economy dept.

Yahoo has a story about how Sun is practicing a sort of floating workforce - many employees have no permanent desks, they just come in and log on to a dumb terminal, err, thin client. Besides being a sneaky way to encourage employees to arrive ever earlier at work, it probably is cheaper to run the business off a few large Sun servers - at least for Sun.

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  1. We had this when I was a kid... by bubblegoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    they called it musical chairs

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    I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people. - Jack Handey
  2. LOL!!! Dilbert !!! by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dilbert comic from 1995 January 09.

    Scene: A staff meeting is in progress...

    PHB With Diagram: We're taking away your cubicles. In the new system you'll sign up for whatever cube is open that day.

    PHB: It's based on the model of public restrooms. But I call it "hotelling" because it increases my chances of getting tips.

    PHB: Each cubicle will have a computer, a chair, and a roll of note paper ... take on and pass it around. [Hands out notepaper roll which looks like toilet paper roll.]

  3. We already do this at my job... by The-Bus · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but it pisses everyone off because I'm the only one doing it so I leave my crap everywhere.

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    Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.

  4. Show up early, get McNealy's office! by GGardner · · Score: 5, Funny

    "'You come in early, you get a good a parking space, you get a good office.' Chief Executive Scott McNealy has summed up the iWork program. "

    How early do I have to come in to get Scott's office?