<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Daniel Howard <<a href="mailto:dhhoward@comcast.net">dhhoward@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> Message: 4<br>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:46:23 -0400<br>
> From: "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Notes from Jun 19th meeting<br>
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> Daniel: note that TeacherTool is very specifically a thin client, classroom<br>
> server model tool.<br>
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</div>Classroom server is my preference as you know :-) The server cost is<br>
about the same nowadays and you don't have to rewire to use it, plus you<br>
can use wireless links to the room if necessary, ability to customize<br>
each server, more graceful failure, etc. etc.<br>
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> For the definitions:<br>
> thin client - all processes run on server<br>
> chubby client - some processes run on client, most run on server<br>
> diskless workstation - al process run on client, server only provides binary<br>
> bits and user authentication.<br>
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</div>Add a new one: virtual desktop/shared PC. "Client" is not a PC/CPU at<br>
all, but merely a device that provides remote video, kbd/mouse, and<br>
audio out. Maybe we call this one the "Wafer-thin client." The<br>
NComputing X series devices for example allow 6 satellite<br>
monitors/stations to share a single PC, giving 7 total stations for<br>
about $80/seat (not counting server or monitor, kbd, mouse, speakers).<br>
Only thing cheaper than that is to use donated PCs...</blockquote><div><br>From a processor viewpoint, these are thin clients. ditto for the teachertool <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<a href="http://www.ncomputing.com/Xseries.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ncomputing.com/Xseries.aspx</a><br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Daniel Howard<br>
President and CEO<br>
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation<br>
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