[K12OSN] new win xp thin client from MS

Doug Simpson simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tue Apr 19 16:32:33 UTC 2005


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Eric Brown wrote:

> I wonder what they'll sell it for, $99 a seat?
> 
> Eric 
> 
Yeah, probably per year, as well. . .

Doug


> -----Original Message----- From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Collins Sent:
> Tuesday, April 19, 2005 8:59 AM To: Support list for opensource software
> in schools. Subject: Re: [K12OSN] new win xp thin client from MS
> 
> On 4/18/05, Dale Sykora <dalen at czexan.net> wrote:
> > Slashdot has a story about this.  I wonder if this is a reaction to 
> > (K12)LTSP?
> > 
> > http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/19/0111218&tid=201&t
> > id=230&tid=137&tid=218
> 
> I think it's more of a ploy for Microsoft to get companies to finally
> upgrade all those 95/98 machines to XP.
> 
> This is now a year old. but:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1016-5189481.html
> 
> Basically, it says that after 2 1/2 years, XP is installed at about 62
> percent of businesses with a revenue of $50 million or more. Another study
> found that 80 percent of companies still have machines running Win95/98.
> 
> --
> Ryan Collins
> Technology Coordinator - Kenton City Schools
> http://www.kentoncityschools.org/
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