OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/22920/Windows_MultiPoint_Server_2010_Launched Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:41:59 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Finally http://www.osnews.com/thread?410821 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410821 After 25 years we finally made it back to terminals. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (fretinator) Comments Aha http://www.osnews.com/thread?410822 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410822 So Microsoft launches this about 15 years after the thin client fiasco. The only vendor that pulled it off (in schools, mainly), and without much success, was Sun. (By the way, the thin client concept in this sense, came from Larry Ellison...)
Everybody else is talking about "the cloud", so I guess MS will launch their distributed computing model around 2025. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lopisaur) Comments RE: Aha http://www.osnews.com/thread?410841 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410841 This has nothing to do with thin client. This is multi-monitor, multiple keyboards and mice connected to a single PC, with a separate session run on each monitor. No networking, no client configuration, etc. Much simpler. I think that's a great idea. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ElCabri2) Comments nice http://www.osnews.com/thread?410844 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410844 I havent started testing it myself yet, but after years of using this: http://ncomputing.com/Default.aspx

I am curious how well MS's solution works. I hope well because that would simplify 1 aspect of my job a bit. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (poundsmack) Comments RE[2]: Aha http://www.osnews.com/thread?410855 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410855 It sounds a lot like this:

http://www.novell.com/partnerguide/product/200920.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (abraxas) Comments Replication? http://www.osnews.com/thread?410944 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410944 I can't seem to find out if there is any replication capability? Or ability to view files across a cluster, so you could drill down from a parent cluster to a machine/class within it and onwards to individual accounts. If not then running existing AD networks would seem to be easier. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rhy7s) Comments RE: Aha http://www.osnews.com/thread?410983 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410983 Well, we have Sun Thin Clients (Sunrays) here at university and they work remarkably well. We have literally hundreds of them employed. The CS department's Sunrays are attached to two 16 core machines and some other less powerful ones, running Debian GNU/Linux.

The clients are balanced between these servers at login time. If you use a smart card (like European ATM cards) you can even take your session with you to any other sunray. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments Comment by ballmerlikesgoogle http://www.osnews.com/thread?410994 http://www.osnews.com/thread?410994 This is something new?

Yawn......

More great technological ideas churning out of Redmond these days.....

Must be a slow news day...... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ballmerlikesgoogle) Comments RE[2]: Aha http://www.osnews.com/thread?411000 http://www.osnews.com/thread?411000 It may or may not be a good idea, but one thing it certainly isn't is an original idea.

http://www2.userful.com/press/microsoft-plays-catch-up-linux-virtua...

Much like Windows MultiPoint, Userful virtual desktops allow up to 10 students to simultaneously and independently share a single PC, each with their own monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Userful also supports many of the same USB multiseat devices as Windows MultiPoint, making it easy to turn one computer into many. Unlike Windows MultiPoint which will require users to purchase a Windows Server license and a separate client access license (CAL) per seat, Userful's solution uses free Linux for the server, reducing the cost to just $69 per seat.


Microsoft Multipoint is 7 years late to this market, 750,000 seats behind the competition, and the competition's price is just $69 per seat.Edited 2010-02-25 13:35 UTC Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lemur2) Comments Thanks http://www.osnews.com/thread?411057 http://www.osnews.com/thread?411057 Thanks to Microsoft!! Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ramasubbu_sk) Comments