I work in IT at a small company that uses SCO unix on some servers. We configured a new server and had to buy another license about six months ago. (Don't shun me. We also have several linux servers, but this one needed SCO.)
I was on the phone with our vendor and said to him, "We may be the last people to ever buy this."
I am the IT Department at a small company. We have employees who require access to computers on a semi-regular basis for checking email, looking at web pages for suppliers and doing simple spreadsheets. I am also lucky to work directly for the company's owner who is a huge advocate of appropriate technology.
Several employees use windows PCs for specific tasks such as scanning office documents or graphics work. Most other employees need very little power on the desktop.
Several years ago we switched a dozen employees to diskless thin clients. They boot using the NIC and get the OS from a linux server. I got all the documentation and instructions on setup from the Linux Terminal Server Project (ltsp.org). We build diskless thin clients for about $200 each (case, power supply, motherboard w/ NIC, and memory)
I have never done a rigorous cost analysis of the benefits of this set up. All I know is I have a dozen employees, who required hardly any training, using linux PCs, who average less than five minutes of support *total* per day. Usually much less.
I was in High School and my Grandmother bought me an HP-35 when they were first available. My parents couldn't afford it. I was the first person in my entire school with a calculator. My kids give me that, "Dad, you're a dinosaur" look whenever I mention it. I was on a tour at Harvey Mudd with my college-exploring daughter last Friday. They had a display case with a three-foot slide rule. And below it.... an HP-35. The case was locked, as well it should be.
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I work in IT at a small company that uses SCO unix on some servers. We configured a new server and had to buy another license about six months ago. (Don't shun me. We also have several linux servers, but this one needed SCO.)
I was on the phone with our vendor and said to him, "We may be the last people to ever buy this."
He replied, "You're probably right."
I am the IT Department at a small company. We have employees who require access to computers on a semi-regular basis for checking email, looking at web pages for suppliers and doing simple spreadsheets. I am also lucky to work directly for the company's owner who is a huge advocate of appropriate technology.
Several employees use windows PCs for specific tasks such as scanning office documents or graphics work. Most other employees need very little power on the desktop.
Several years ago we switched a dozen employees to diskless thin clients. They boot using the NIC and get the OS from a linux server. I got all the documentation and instructions on setup from the Linux Terminal Server Project (ltsp.org). We build diskless thin clients for about $200 each (case, power supply, motherboard w/ NIC, and memory)
I have never done a rigorous cost analysis of the benefits of this set up. All I know is I have a dozen employees, who required hardly any training, using linux PCs, who average less than five minutes of support *total* per day. Usually much less.
Is it true that each of those neural connections is not binary but can have a range of connectivity?
I was in High School and my Grandmother bought me an HP-35 when they were first available. My parents couldn't afford it. I was the first person in my entire school with a calculator. My kids give me that, "Dad, you're a dinosaur" look whenever I mention it. I was on a tour at Harvey Mudd with my college-exploring daughter last Friday. They had a display case with a three-foot slide rule. And below it.... an HP-35. The case was locked, as well it should be.
Attractive teenagers on you tube can actually be intentionally funny:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SNPTZvRo_0Y
(linked clip is less than a minute long)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=SNPTZvRo_0Y
(linked clip is less than a minute long)
Visual evidence, for those who would like to debate the "get hotter the further they are from first place" topic: http://www.sciserv.org/Sts/66sts/winners.asp
Aren't we all here for intelligent discussion?