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        Windows/Linux compete for emergent thin client market

        Staff | Date: Oct 3, 2003 | Comments: 1



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        Vnunet.com notes the growing use of thin client terminals as an alternative to PCs in many enterprise applications, and takes a look at the competition between Windows and Linux in the emergent thin client market.




        "Once seen as a poor relation of Windows PCs, the devices are becoming accepted as the most appropriate clients for many tasks. But as sales boom, the leading vendors are presenting differing views on how the technology should progress," the article says.

        The article includes comments from leading thin client providers such as Wyse, Neoware, and HP. Wyse and Neoware both offer a choice of XP Embedded and Linux, whereas HP uses XP Embedded in its new T5700, the article says.

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