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Dell To Acquire Wyse

Posted by timothy on from the oh-is-that-what-they're-calling-it-these-days? dept.

New submitter alancronin writes "Computer and IT giant Dell said today it will acquire privately held Wyse Technology, a company that specializes in what it calls 'cloud client computing.'"

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  1. Oh god by Dyinobal · · Score: 2, Informative

    When I was in highschool my school used Wyse Terminals which was the most bad and ironic name I've ever seen. I hated those things..every one hated those things. They broke all the time and had to constantly be reflashed with a new image. They were so awful that by my Senior year they were being phased out entirely.

  2. Cloud? Why don't we... by PixetaledPikachu · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...call it what it is: Thin Client. Wyse offers pretty good range of thin clients, from Windows embedded to Linux with built in ICA client. We ended up going with HP, since Wyse's equivalent was pricier

  3. Um...patents? by robla · · Score: 4, Informative

    From TFA: "The company has more than 180 patents, both issued and pending, covering its solutions, software and differentiated intellectual property."

  4. Re:Can't wait to see the rebranded offerings by tlhIngan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Maybe Dell can finally offer an affordable thinclient. I am a big fan of their FX100, but it is priced out of range. By the time you license it and plug it in, it costs as much as a small form factor desktop. Not exactly the value customers are looking at with thin clients.

    The point was I think that the savings would come from not having to replace it ever unless it broke - so it would last 10+ years or three or four generations of desktops. The other savings was on the IT side - less management (these things boot up, there's nothing to break, nothing the user can download and infect it, etc) and just having to upgrade the server when necessary.

    Of course, most businesses got sticker shock since they had to make huge IT investments, which they were loathe to do - big powerful servers/blades had to be bought, and terminals that cost the same as a desktop. From an initial investment, it didn't make sense since few businesses plan for such timespans...

  5. Re:Tactical facepalm by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thin clients are not for the end user they are for the administrators and the people who spend the money.
    You will almost always be better off if you have a full speed desktop at your beck and call vs. a Thin Client... However those clients can stay current much longer and at the cost of a beefy server so Admins don't have to do desktop fixes and you don't need to upgrade every system every 3 years.

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