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From: Jim McQuillan <jam () McQuil ! com>
Date: 2000-05-28 15:01:05
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Ken Yap was recently scouring the web and came across this
interview with Alan Cox. Alan discusses Thin clients and the
desktop as one of the most important areas that Linux can
move into.
So, it appears that somebody besides us thinks this stuff
is important.
Read on.
Thanks, and keep up the great work everyone,
Jim McQuillan
jam@ltsp.org
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-05-28-001-20-PS
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<B>Linux.ie: Alan Cox Interview</B></FONT><BR>May 28, 2000, 02 :23 UTC (0 \
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<P><p> "<b>Q:</b> Where would you like to see Linux go today? ...What could be done \
to most enhance the OS itself and why would that element be important (user \
interface, killer app, or whatever) and ... in terms of commercial success. Is total \
world domination (in the commercial space) important?"
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"<b>A:</b> The big step is the desktop. There are vendors with clear interests in \
this sort of area - Helixcode and Eazel for example who are doing \
real
money work on the GNOME desktop. The other big area to deal with \
is high availability clustering. Wensong Zhang did the first free \
Linux
clustering for web server failover and the like but that is only \
the baby steps. To do full clustering and to be able to position \
Linux to replace
things like VMS as a highly available (and here we are talking \
minutes of downtime a year) clustering solution is no small job.
I personally think the desktop or at least the thin client end of \
the desktop is the most important. Linux has good security features \
which
makes it ideal for things like call centre environments, although \
perhaps less so for their staff. Building a thin client Linux \
environment with
hotdesking, sensible shared file store and good network efficiency \
is a golden opportunity."
<p>
"<i>Total domination is bad. The Microsoft dominance already badly \
misled people about how to choose systems. Instead of 'what tool do I \
use
for the job' it's 'well it was shipped with the box'. Linux is a \
tool, Windows is a tool and so are numerous other systems. It's \
really important
people go back to looking for the right tool for the job. That \
will never always be Linux. No single tool can do everything well.</i>" <p>
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