[K12OSN] the cat's meow -- thin client

[Petre Scheie]

Well, that was one of the worst and most sophomoric presentations I've ever seen.  I 
think the key to the whole thing is the last slide.

Petre

Mark Gumprecht wrote:
> I checked out their site and came across a windows CE vs Linux 
> terminal... it was less than impressive. Neat concept, but the company 
> doesn't seem to think much of LTS.
> http://www.chippc.com/library/files/presentation/Linux%20TC%203.ppt
> mark
> 
> rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
>> These are cool.  I sent an email telling them that they should configure
>> the clients to use PXE or Etherboot in addition to RDP and Citrix. 
>> Perhaps if several from this list sent emails, they might listen and
>> modify them a little.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ronald R. McDaniel
>> Conecuh County Schools
>> (251) 578-7073 x26
>> (251) 238-1890 cell
>> 1*4238*104 SouthernLinc
>> rmcdaniel at indata.us
>>
>>
>>   
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: [SPAM] [K12OSN] the cat's meow -- thin client
>>> From: Barry R Cisna <cisna-barry at wc235.k12.il.us>
>>> Date: Sat, May 20, 2006 8:36 am
>>> To: K12LTSP-listserve <k12osn at redhat.com>
>>>
>>> Howdy All,
>>>
>>> Just thought I'd throw this out. Maybe most have seen/heard of
>>> these ?This rig looks like it would be the cat's meow for a school
>>> scenario. All three models are PoE compliant,This would be a God's send
>>> in itself, if you are like our school with "not enough power outlets" in
>>> each room.All would have to be done is have all PoE compliant
>>> switches,which can be had for about $310 for a 24 port with gig
>>> uplinks.Get rid of all of the power cord mumbo-jumbo/spaghetti.
>>> Think of it ,no knobs or edges or  buttons for the kids to tear off :)
>>> The only trick would be to see if the AMD Alchemy video would be able to
>>> work? I talked to a distributor for these and he told me they are now
>>> available in the states. They were having troubles with the voltages,on
>>> the prototypes brought here to the states, as these are manufactured in
>>> the Middle East. He told me that his company fitted these ,several
>>> hundred into a new corporate offices,and works very well. But they were
>>> RDP'ing to WTS server.
>>> they only require 5w of power which would be sweet as well. 0 noise &
>>> probably almost 0 heat output.
>>> It's worth taking a look at it, when you have time.
>>>
>>> http://www.chippc.com/products/jackpc/
>>>   
>>>
>>> Take Care,
>>>
>>> Barry Cisna
>>>
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> Mark Gumprecht
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> Unity, Maine 04988
> gumprechtm at msad3.org
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