Re: [seul-edu] thin clients using Linux in the classroom?

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Dennis Daniels wrote:

> To outfit a room with 30 thin client stations cost about 12K$. That's
> not including the service fees for maintaining the server and access to
> the databases. Ostensibly, the costs would be much lower if the package
> did not include proprietary licensed apps.

That sounds like a fair price (at around $400 each) if this includes
decent hardware and monitor for each client (using Citrix).

If you already have old or surplus computers, you could save more by using
open source (and get away from buying new hardware and the proprietary
licensed software).

Also, in the long run, you'll be able to do a lot more by using open
source solutions.

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/