From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <90e261a38bba4488665a238d92ec829c@centurytel.net> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] fortune-worthy From: "Skip Tavakkolian" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:29:36 -0800 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ad1ffe00-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > No the flavor of the week is a move to Windows servers with > users getting thin clients that connect to them. I'ld rather > write something that talks their thin client protocol (if only > I can figure out what it is). > I don't know how anyone can show a positive ROI for service/server development and operation in a Windows environment. The Windows market -- because of its high maintenance requirements -- has generated a huge support business ecosystem that benefits from its complexity and fragility.