In the years since thin client computing arrived on the IT scene, it has been pronounced dead, only to arise again more often than Jason in the “Friday the 13th” film franchise. That’s not due to any quality of its underlying architecture. In fact, thin client engineering is often elegant in the extreme and makes clever use of au courant mainstream technologies. But the two main benefits of thin clients tend to be counterbalanced by essential challenges related to cost and performance. What does any of this have to do with Dell’s recently proposed acquisition of Wyse?
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Thin Clients Alive and Kicking
Posted by: Charles King April 10, 2012 05:00 AMIn the years since thin client computing arrived on the IT scene, it has been pronounced dead, only to arise again more often than Jason in the “Friday the 13th” film franchise. That’s not due to any quality of its underlying architecture. In fact, thin client engineering is often elegant in the extreme and makes clever use of au courant mainstream technologies. But the two main benefits of thin clients tend to be counterbalanced by essential challenges related to cost and performance. What does any of this have to do with Dell’s recently proposed acquisition of Wyse?