"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Microsoft Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is a kick in the teeth for users
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Sounds nice in theory, but home users may be disappointed. For the
> | software operates as a thin client, which means its not exactly a
> | proper operating system and mostly runs from a remote server on
> | a network.
> `----
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> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33161
>
> Opinion: Why get a remote client (essentially a relic) when you can
> convert
> the same machine into a proper PC with a lot of software, for free?
What goes around comes around, eh? Scott McNealy spent years and years
extolling the virtues of the thin client and the anti-MS crowd applauded
and thought surely Sir Bill would get his comeuppance, but it never came
to pass. And now MS is in the driver's seat, so the notion has to be
demonized! LOL!!!
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