"The office paradigm that worked so well throughout the
1990s—desktop Pentium PCs, network server, Microsoft Windows
9X and Microsoft Office loaded onto each desktop—was never
the only game in town. Especially not in Largo, Fla.
No desktop PCs adorn Largo offices. The city uses about 400
Explora thin client machines from Network Computing Devices Inc. of
Mountain View, Calif. The city's servers are all from Compaq
Computer Corp., Richards said.
...Moving to a Linux desktop environment was painless, Richards
said. 'We held a training class and only eight people came to it,'
he said. 'Everybody else was satisfied using a two-page cheat sheet
we created.'"
