“The idea is straightforward: Instead of giving employees
computers packed with features they rarely use, companies could
save tons of cash by distributing simple machines tied to powerful
central servers.“Computing vendors have had marginal success over the years with
variations of this ‘thin client’ concept. Now IBM Corp. is betting
that with some tweaks, the technology can become a big hit,
challenging the traditional approach pushed by Microsoft Corp.
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