IT-Analysis: Thick Client Bad, Thin Client Bad, IBM Good?

“Thick clients are bad because of the challenges with
distributing code, the high cost, both to IT and the end-user, of
management and maintenance, and the fact that the solution is
limited to PCs.

“Thin clients are bad because they do not provide the rich user
experience that can be developed on a thick client. Add to this
conundrum the fact that more and more business users will want to
move between different client types during a working day–high
specification desk top in the office, tablet in the client, voice
activated PDA in the car–and you can understand the logic behind
IBM’s latest strategy announcement…”

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