'Dumb Terminals' Can Be a Smart Move for Companies 372
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "More companies are forgoing desktop and laptop computers for dumb terminals — reversing a trend toward powerful individual machines that has been in motion for two decades, the Wall Street Journal reports. 'Because the terminals have no moving parts such as fans or hard drives that can break, the machines typically require less maintenance and last longer than PCs. Mark Margevicius, an analyst at research firm Gartner Inc., estimates companies can save 10% to 40% in computer-management costs when switching to terminals from desktops. In addition, the basic terminals appear to offer improved security. Because the systems are designed to keep data on a server, sensitive information isn't lost if a terminal gets lost, stolen or damaged. And if security programs or other applications need to be updated, the new software is installed on only the central servers, rather than on all the individual PCs scattered throughout a network.'"
Dumb terminals.... (Score:5, Funny)
Thin Clients! The Future of Computing Since 1994! (Score:5, Funny)
SWEET! (Score:2, Funny)
ad campaign (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Dumb terminals.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not good for large installations. (Score:5, Funny)
You could also move to an operating system built from the ground with this kind of usage in mind, for example Linux. Then you can stop worry about licensing too.
Re:GE did this to avoid rewiring office building (Score:1, Funny)
Now, i believe that's more than China has
they can also have a computer named 3.13.3.7 which is awesome
Re:You're too early! (Score:3, Funny)
How about "Dumb client" or "Thin terminal". Oh wait, "Dumb Client" is already taken. The people that use SCO.
Re:Not good for large installations. (Score:3, Funny)
I like to vary the loop amongst APF authorised tasks, a TSO user, CICS regions, batch, and occasionally a non-swappable system task.
Its been some years since I've taken down a running mainframe, though.
Re:data is not lost when a dumb term is stolen (Score:4, Funny)
Re:GE did this to avoid rewiring office building (Score:5, Funny)
What next? (Score:3, Funny)