| The enterprise desktop PC is obsolete: what you should do about it |
Sep. 14, 2005
In this DesktopLinux.com guest column, Mark Rais asserts that enterprise PCs are getting set to go the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by a client/server approach reminiscent of yesteryear's mainframes and minicomputers. But this time around, the client/server model will have a distinctly 21st Century characteristic: LTSP.
"Microsoft's method of licensing and dominating PCs -- and thus the enterprise desktop -- began over 20 years ago," writes Rais. "Microsoft entered enterprises inside the Trojan Horse of the PC, which offered individual users the ability to operate their own applications and control their own data. Compared to the days when mainframes and minicomputers dominated, the ability of the PC to give users local control gave uses a profound sense of freedom.
"There has been much debate and discussion regarding the Linux desktop and Microsoft's hold on the market. Yet in all the debate, few have expressed the reality that is slowly permeating businesses and organizations on a global scale," Rais continues. "The definition of "desktop" is constantly changing, and perhaps the word itself is a misnomer."
Read the full article here.
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