Nathan Malyon wrote in a message to William Hargrave:
 WH> And Linux too, just set it up to tftp the files...
 NM>  aint you guys talking about Remote-booting option
 NM>  its cheaper and easier to just buy a 500 to 600 mb hdd and
 NM> run  essentials off that, the rest off the server
Remote boot over the wire makes maintenance a lot easier, since you don't 
have to upgrade possibly hundreds or thousands of workstations individually 
in a large corporate environment.  This is the whole motivation for the 
various schemes proposed to simply workstation administration, including 
IBM's (released and available) "Workspace on Demand" and Microsoft's 
(vaporware) "Zero Administration Client."
Upgrading a workstation in the field from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95, for 
example, can easily cost more than replacing it because of the expense 
associated with the time of skilled administrators.
 
-- Mike
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