We need a show system

[Alan Dayley]

We need to put together a 3 or 4 workstation demo LTSP setup that we can 
have at shows and conferences like this.  Some boot KDE.  Some boot 
GNOME.  Each slightly customized (wallpaper, whatever) but all running from 
the server.  All running OpenOffice, etc.

In my efforts at Linux promotion, I am finding that management and IT 
people are VERY interested in the LTSP setup.  I am starting to think that 
this is the "killer application" for getting Linux into businesses.

They like the idea of:
- Using older computers for terminals instead of throwing them away and 
having to spend money on new ones.
- Central control of what software is running.
- Single point update to bring all the users up-to-date.
- Complete user access control (ie. no accessable workstation floppy or 
CD-ROM).
- Central internet access control.
- VERY little virus worries.

Even MS loving managers perk up when you start to talk about this capability.

"Now that you have played with this workstation, Mr. Manager, and found 
it's performance at least acceptable, notice as I take the cover off that 
it has no hard drive, and it is a 200MHz PC just like the ones you have 
sitting un-used in your back room..."

I tell you, that will get attention!

Alan

At 03:57 PM 7/25/02 -0700, you wrote:
>When we first got there, there was plenty of people at the booths, but
>around 1ish there was just Jim and Hans.
>One thing that I saw that we REALLY needed was computers.  There was one
>down there when I first got there, but it went home soon after.  I was
>hoping to see sevral computers running around there, but it was
>dissappointing to not see any.  People do like to stop by the booths
>with the toys and we had none :(
>
>Brian Cluff