What deployment issues, Rob. By definition there aren't any. Applications can run a couple of years without upgrades. If there's a fatal flaw then yes, it needs fixing, but to upgrade the word processor for some new feature? Nah. No need. The applications today already have way more features than most users will ever even see, let alone use.

As to cookies, etc... good point. Server disk space? These new USB drives? That has virtue, now that I think about it. Youze takes yer personal data & settings with you in your purse/briefcase. Lots of security and networking issues just disappear, but I suppose new ones hove into sight?

Please understand, I am not advocating here. Just trying to see possibilities and perhaps a glimpse into the future?



rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sure, and you would have the same deployment issues as your basic fat client. Every time you needed to do an upgrade you'd have to upgrade the chips on all those clients to support the latest browser, Open Office application, etc.

Or, you could do what IBM tried and during bootup it would initiate a trivial ftp session (TFTP) to the mother ship and update itself from there. With huge cautions that if the user rebooted again during the update you just trashed the thin client.

What about cookies and that genre? Say what you will about the "black helicopters crowd" who insist on turning off all cookies, java script, etc. You know, those who insist that the world adopt to them (but doesn't).

Rob Berendt


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