OT: view pdf file on a unix system

[Jay Ashworth]

---- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>

> Brief top-post: I'm not sure how many TS servers they will have. And I
> believe the common argument is that the lower cost of central
> administration outweighs the other costs.

That is the common argument, yes.  My understanding is it doesn't actually
prove out in implementation: the support load is proportional to the number
of installed operating systems, yes, but there are lots of inexpensive tools
to make managing lots of Windows desktops on separate hardware easier...

and the overall balance, as complicated and expensive as WTS can be to set 
up, tilts towards the thick clients until... well, right around 500 seats
is actually the number in my head.

Largo FL did this with hardware thin terminals and Linux on the server
cluster; switching for whatever apps they could, and virtualizing a few
Windows images for the rest, probably 10 years ago -- with persistent
sessions.

I gather it worked out quite well for them; 8-900 named users, 400ish
sessions.

I *certainly* hope they have some other justification than running 
Anzio to talk to AIX for the WTS servers, though, no matter how 
nice an emulator it might be.  :-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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