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Written by Jeffrey Hein   
Saturday, 23 February 2008 23:15

By taking advantage of modern technology boXenLinux can present: “20 people with workstations for the cost of 5 computers and the maintenance of 1.” This is of course scalable to many, many, more people.

Cost comparison of the boXen system VS. one of the most common systems (PCs).
First month of ownership.
System
boXenLinux + Thin client Technology
Cost
Proprietary OS + Personal Computing (PC) Technology
Cost
Workstations 20 Thinclients 4000 20 Personal Computers + Proprietary OS 8000
Servers 1 boXen Brain 1500
1 File Server 2000
Firewall/Router n/a 0 1 Firewall

2000
Maintenance per month
 1 boXen Brain 100 20 PCs, 1 Server, 1 Firewall 2400
Total Cost
 20 Workstations
 $5,600
 20 Workstations $14,400
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boXenlinux specializes in running a distributed, self-maintaining network of servers (brains), that utilize simple “Star Topology” load-balancing and redundancy. People access this environment by using the included thin client software, booting over the network/Internet/wireless, from a hard drive, CD, USB stick, windows, Linux, or Mac OSX.
By using VMware and Linux Virtual Server, boXenlinux thin clients can use other operating systems for user desktops like Windows XP, Mac OSX or Ubuntu desktop.
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