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To: Stormweaver who wrote (22262)	11/4/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc	Read Replies (1) of 64865

James, doesnt CTXS solve the problem? You can have Windows on any old computer and not have to buy the software? <I contend that currently there is nothing close to the simplicity/power for users than a Windows desktop. Thin client (a.k.a. marketing dept renamed to Sun Ray) must solve these issues before becoming accepted; which IMHO will be years away: 1. Equal or better application functionality; as compared to Windows. 2. Security ; my data is stored out there on some disk. 3. Net bandwidth - just not there yet. 4. Stability: unproven technology, if the server goes down or my network has problems my desktop is dead. 5. Cost/benefit; if I can buy a fully functional PC for a couple hundred dollars more then what's the point. Once these are in place they need to try and convince the corporate world to switch. Convince them to spend millions of dollars buying new hardware, retraining people and translating stored data into new formats.>

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