虽然微软、Citrix Systems和Sun Microsystems公司吸引了人们对于瘦客户机的大部分注意力,但是一家小型ISV正在使“瘦”的概念发生一些小的变化。 Epicon公司最近对其Altis客户机/服务器系统进行了最新升级,使任何Windows应用程序都能通过Internet从一台中央服务器上进行分发。Altis 2.2目前可支持Windows 95和Windows NT工作站,与要求所有处理工作都必须在客户机上完成的其它公司的大多数瘦客户机 While Microsoft, Citrix Systems and Sun Microsystems have drawn the lion’s share of attention for thin clients, a small ISV is making some small changes to the “thin” concept. Epicon recently upgraded its Altis client / server system to allow any Windows application to be distributed from a central server across the Internet. Altis 2.2 currently supports both Windows 95 and Windows NT workstations, and most thin clients from other companies that require that all processing be done on the client