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Microsoft to Release a Thin-Client Windows XP

Posted by timothy on from the see-also-ltsp dept.

repking writes "I'm reading on Brian Madden's Thin Client Web that Microsoft is about to release (don't know exactly when) two new versions of Windows XP targeting the thin-client market (This products ARE NOT the Lite XP versions that Microsoft is about to release on certain countries like Brazil). Codenamed Eiger and Mönch, these two new releases would let you 'convert' old PC into thin-client Devices. Is Microsoft trying to compete with open source projects like PXES or ThinStation?"

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  1. Hooray! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, we'll be able to centralize spyware/worm/virus infections on the server, where they belong!

  2. Re:Thin clients don't work by benchbri · · Score: 5, Funny

    But this time microsoft is bringing innovation...

  3. Are they... ? by templest · · Score: 5, Funny
    Is Microsoft trying to compete with open source projects like PXES or ThinStation?
    I'm reading on Brian Madden's Thin Client Web that Microsoft is about to release (don't know exactly when) two new versions of Windows XP targeting the thin-client market
    Apperantly so.
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  4. And you're gonna need it, too... by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because according to Microsoft, that's all the PC you're using to read this is good for - because it won't run Longhorn.

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  5. Re:Sounds sensible for a change... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    yea, and they shot JFK so he couldnt tell anyone about it...........

  6. Alternate names? by Skevin · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Codenamed Eiger and Mönch

    These are only the pre-release names. When they hit the shelves, these MS products will be named Auschwitz and Dachau.

    Solomon

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  7. Re:WTF.... by rhizome · · Score: 2, Funny

    >That sounds large for a thin client, but this is truly Windows XP with
    >a lot of crap stripped out. IE and MSN messenger are included,

    So what "crap" was stripped out, then?

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  8. Re:I hate Microsoft. by Maul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.

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  9. I saw them by dago · · Score: 1, Funny

    In fact, I see them everyday trough the WINDOWS.
    In fact, there's also "jungfrau" with it, but it's so super secret that I can't tell you what it is.

    Here you have a photo of them, taken from my office roof.

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  10. Re:Answer - we've done it already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, I fucking hate people.

    I think this comment sums up the typical IT mindset quite well.