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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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