Comments on: ThinLaunch not all that impressive http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/thinlaunch-not-all-that-impressive/ A SearchServerVirtualization.com blog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike Cardinal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/thinlaunch-not-all-that-impressive/#comment-1525 Mike Cardinal Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:36:08 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/09/29/thinlaunch-not-all-that-impressive/#comment-1525 Hello Joe and Readers - First, my disclaimer. I'm one of the people you talked to at VMworld, I'm also a founder of ThinLaunch Software. Thanks for taking the time to blog about Thin Desktop. I was not aware of your comments until a customer directed me to your blog today! Your comments are similar to others we have heard. As a result of feedback, we have eliminated the .NET dependency. The driving factor for this change has been the multiple requests to run Thin Desktop with XPe on a thin client device. As you point out, in addition to locking down these devices, we also hide the windows shell / interface from the user and run a monitoring process to make sure the locked down interface can not be lost or changed by the user. To say this is the same as GPO, is misleading. Anyone trying to deploy GPO on multiple harware devices has experienced the nightmare.... You'll never see the infamous blank blue screen with no where to go with Thin Desktop. We have many instances where customers have just gotten tired of fighting with group policy to accommodate even the most minor changes. With over 2000 options and a management interface to deal with to use GPO, Thin Desktop is MUCH easier to configure, manage and deploy. Hey at $20.00 a copy, it's a pretty easy to justify in any organization. I invite you and your readers to give it another look at www.thinlaunch.com download it and try it. Hello Joe and Readers -

First, my disclaimer. I’m one of the people you talked to at VMworld, I’m also a founder of ThinLaunch Software.

Thanks for taking the time to blog about Thin Desktop. I was not aware of your comments until a customer directed me to your blog today! Your comments are similar to others we have heard. As a result of feedback, we have eliminated the .NET dependency. The driving factor for this change has been the multiple requests to run Thin Desktop with XPe on a thin client device.

As you point out, in addition to locking down these devices, we also hide the windows shell / interface from the user and run a monitoring process to make sure the locked down interface can not be lost or changed by the user. To say this is the same as GPO, is misleading. Anyone trying to deploy GPO on multiple harware devices has experienced the nightmare….

You’ll never see the infamous blank blue screen with no where to go with Thin Desktop. We have many instances where customers have just gotten tired of fighting with group policy to accommodate even the most minor changes. With over 2000 options and a management interface to deal with to use GPO, Thin Desktop is MUCH easier to configure, manage and deploy.

Hey at $20.00 a copy, it’s a pretty easy to justify in any organization.

I invite you and your readers to give it another look at <a href="http://www.thinlaunch.com" title="http://www.thinlaunch. " target="_blank">www.thinlaunch.com</a> download it and try it.

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