For systems administrators, thin-client/server technology is a compelling proposition. In a centrally managed environment, an administrator can provide anything from tightly controlled data-entry applications to full-range desktop productivity software suites on Windows-based terminals (WBTs). Although this solution requires beefy servers, and the thin clients aren´t inexpensive, the solution has measurable benefits, such as lower administrative overhead and security advantages.

Thin-client/server solutions made Citrix a name in the industry and motivated Microsoft´s development of Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services. Now SCO wants an inroad to this marketplace.

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