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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (18484)	8/5/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: derek buckingham	Respond to of 64865

I think the point James is making is that corona or whatever thin client is going to need the apps before thin client product acceptance take-off. Well for some things such as Email (Eg hotmail,eudoramail) the apps are out there. Needs some WP and Spreadsheet capabilities.(or is there ???) One thing going for thin-client is that microsoft has stuffed up on providing an operating system for large databases/e-commerce so the switch from PC-Client-unix-server to thin client is quite easy. (I'm taking the above view - as I've yet to read an explanation why microsoft does not provide such an OS for its own business requirements) I guess java is going to help get the app's going but this could take 2or3 years - so perhaps the estimates of corona sales could be optimistic. Just a matter of time though - I'd assume anyone whos a corporate user or non techy is looking to improve on the maintenance time required for fat PC's. Regards Derek