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Oliver Bannatyne wrote:

> I am investigating technology solutions on behalf of a small-medium sized
> inner-city finance firm. The firm is looking at a number of possible
> technology options. At the moment the firm has about 20x Pentium II PC's
> running Windows 95, 98, and 2000 and MS Office 95 and 97.  The firm is
> looking at moving to either stand-alone workstations or thin clients



 From what you've said, the firm is already running standalone workstations.

In your mind, what is the difference between a standalone workstation 
and a thin-client ?

What actual problem(s) is the firm experiencing that makes them want to 
change from what they have now ?

> running
> linux, and MS Office (by use of Codeweavers CrossOver product -See
> http://www.codeweavers.com/products/office/ and
> http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxofficeserver/.). The workstations will
> be upgraded, but only if they need to be.
> 
> I am trying to ascertain what is possible, and whether a (thick/thin client)
> linux (running CrossOver Office and MS Office) is robust enough in an
> commercial environment for use by this financial firm. I am unsure of the
> hardware requirements and the coverage of technical support available for
> such a setup. (Note: the firm does not have dedicated IT staff.) To further
> this goal, I am looking for any organisations that have implemented any
> similar system in New Zealand, Australia and other parts of the world.
> 



No disrespect intended, but I'm not sure that you understand the 
difference between thick, thin client, standalone and client/server 
implementations.

Dave