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____/ High Plains Thumper on Monday 18 Jan 2010 15:57 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper espoused:
>>
>>> I found a similar article at:
>>>
>>> http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/01/14/panasonic_ibm_lotuslive_contract/
>>>
>>> It is about time. I don't know of too many admins who are fond of
>>> Exchange. Some decry the day their company dropped Unix mail server
>>> for Exchange. And for a good reason.
>>
>> How the world turns around - now IBM are the good guys :-)
>
> I guess it takes a monopoly to overcome a monopoly. :-)
Not when it comes to software patents.
> Companies are looking to trim costs to remain competitive. Problem is
> IMO, managing a Microsoft based infrastructure is more costly than
> internal cloud computing infrastructure and diskless Internet terminals,
> terminals which are basically plug-n-play. (One craps out, replace the
> terminal, switch on, back in business.)
>
> All software resides on the servers, which is much easier to manage.
Harder.
For the user, that is.
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