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To: E_K_S who wrote (11202)	10/2/1998 1:23:00 AM
From: JC Jaros	of 64865

Hi Eric- The phone company will never run on Linux, or any x86 incarnation of Unix. 64 bit RAS Solaris (reigning champion of the Unix Wars) is already there (AT). Unlike Microsoft though and "Windows everywhere", there isn't a competing "Unix everywhere" mindset outside of the server or serious workstation. It's just not practical (kinda like modern Windows PCs altogether, only admittedly so). While Linux and Solaris x86 are both great ways to occupy your time on a Pentium computer, the phone company isn't interested much in consumer devices that cost $1,000+ and an investment of time for the end user to administer. That's where the (Sun) thin client model comes into some focus. It's tough to draw that line right now, because there isn't a thin client product or OS ready for prime time, while at the same time there's such a backlash against the absurdity of the complex 'hairball' (Wintel) desktop, and a desire on the part of so many PC users to have a richer experience (*nix), closer to the machine. I would think though that a 'Solaris Lite' version (one minus JVM) would be completely contrary to Sun's vision. In fact, I would think the Sun product that MCI is looking for is more akin to the JVM minus the rest of it. JCJ

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