What's wrong with existing solutions ?

PC's

• May be "overkill" for many users - consuming resources better used for other purposes
• Control of the desktop is highly de-centralized (poor management capabilities)
• Expensive to purchase
• Expensive to maintain
• Frequent upgrades needed

"Dumb" Terminals

• Single function nature of terminals hinders productivity
• Incompatible with future IT direction
• No upgrade capabilities at all

Network computers (NC's) & Windows Terminals

• Requires the purchase of proprietary hardware
• Requires specialized, dedicated servers for client bootup
• Create heavy WAN & LAN traffic
• Windows applications are run on remote servers which must be very powerful and can handle relatively few clients
• Application performance is dependant on the "load" on the server

The Linux Thin Client solves all these problems !!