Uncle, Chuzz, and ALL, A MUST READ consider this guy's point (from the SUNW thread) To: jhg_in_kc From: Prognosticator <The Tectonic move> is...The shift from the desktop to the Internet. The desktop is becoming irrelevant. Suppose I walked into your office, with a large mean looking AK47 (just for show), and said: you have to choose: lose your Internet Server, or lose Windows. Which could you live without?
Sun is ideally positioned to serve the next phase of computing, which is server-centric, thin-stateless-mobile-client oriented. To answer your question of James, regarding CTXS, the server that CTXS needs is a hacked up version of Windows NT, and it is not scaleable, or reliable. The client is a fat desktop PC, and it is not mobile, stateless, or administratable. The combination is at risk from Microsoft (CTXS was almost destroyed a couple of years back, and I don't think they are safe yet).
SunRay (or other stateless devices such as cell-phones, palm-pilots, etc) represent the future of computing, and that is the tectonic shift I was referring to.
Of course, I could be completely wrong about this, but the Market seems to agree right now. And I respect its opinion.
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