Editing Rich client (section)

=== History ===
The original server clients were simple text display terminals including [[Wyse]] [[Computer terminal|VDU]]s, and rich clients were generally not used until the increase in PC usage. The original driving force for thin client computing was often cost; at a time when CRT terminals and PCs were relatively expensive, the thin-client–server architecture enabled the ability to deploy the desktop computing experience to many users. As PC prices decreased, combined with a drop in software licensing costs, rich client–server architectures became more attractive. For users, the rich client device provided a more-responsive platform and often an improved [[graphical user interface|graphical user interface (GUI)]] than what could be achieved in a thin client environment.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} In more recent years, the Internet has tended to drive the thin client model despite the prodigious processing power that a modern PC has available.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}}