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

[Jim Wildman <jim@rossberry.com>]

I suspect that this is the cost for the Citrix licenses alone.  You
also have to license all of the Microsoft Applications on top of that,
and the CAL's for the server, and the server itself.  And the hardware.

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Jim Wildman, CISSP                                      jim@rossberry.com
http://www.rossberry.com

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> 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/
>