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To: Robert Jacobs who wrote (6948)	9/8/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: Redman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9068

GraphOn gets rise on speedy product Web-enables 32-bit Windows applications Any thoughts on these guys ? Especially the truth to the last sentance, as I thought CTXS has versions for linux, unix, etc. Red By Myra P. Saefong, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 2:05 PM ET Sep 8, 1999 Movers & Shakers ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of GraphOn Corp. screamed 39 percent higher Wednesday afternoon after the developer of server-based software said it will demonstrate how its jBridge software can speed up application delivery. Today on CBS MarketWatch U.S. stocks see red Greenspan keeps a close hand Bonds eke out small gains Sun introduces new network PC Fed's Meyer counsels caution More top stories... CBS MarketWatch Columns Updated: 9/8/99 2:51:58 PM ET GraphOn Corp. (GOJO: news, msgs) is unveiling the original-equipment manufacturer version of its server-based jBridge software at the Citrix IForum '99 IT conference this week in Orlando, Fla. Shares of the company, based in Campbell, Calif., soared 2 1/4 to 8 in recent trading. The product, which will be publicly released later this year, allows the Web-enabling of 32-bit Windows applications without changing a line of code. It also enables those programs without the need for software solutions like the Web-linking language HTML or extended markup language. GraphOn acquired the jBridge technology, facilities and development team from Corel Corp. in a technology-for-stock exchange in December 1998. GraphOn said its target audience at the conference -- application service providers and independent software vendors -- will be able to "With the addition of jBridge, GraphOn is now the only provider of a comprehensive suite of server-based solutions that link Unix, Linux and 32-bit Windows server-based applications to any client running any platform over any connection," said Robin Ford, the company's executive vice president of sales and marketing. See press release. see just how jBridge can hasten the delivery of their applications to the market.

To: Robert Jacobs who wrote (6948)	9/8/1999 4:40:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Robert, We ran this, "Java processing on the server," idea into the ground upstream. I think if I posted anymore on it, I would get booed off the thread. All SUNW did was give it a nicer name and added some cheap hardware to the concept. I think it's somewhat of a threat. "Somewhat," because of info posted upstream. Most CTXS followers don't believe it poses that much of a threat. So that is how the topic ended. But Sun Ray is a pretty cool name for a thin client product out of Sun Microsystems. No doubt about that. MikeM(From Florida) PS You can see my fairly recent post at: Message 11036071 To really add confusion.<G>

To: Robert Jacobs who wrote (6948)	9/8/1999 8:38:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Sun Ray is interoperable with CTXS, if CTXS will deal with Sun and not lose its MSFT license. Is this right? anyone. From Forbes in re, Sun Ray:"The aim of this new device is to eliminate the cost of ownership of computers," says Sun Microsystems. It is initially targeted at workgroups within big organizations. universities and othereducational institutions, financial services firms, government agencies and call centers. The device, which is roughly the size of a notebook computer, will be leased to these institutions for $9.99 a month for five years. Among the companies expected to sign up are Cable and Wireless Hong Kong, ScotiaBank, Carrollton City School System, the state of Georgia and Singapore's national computer board, Singapore One. While attempts by Sun and cohorts such as International Business Machines (nyse: IBM) to push network computers and thin clients have fallen flat so far, Sun Ray is the first real credible threat to the Wintel duopoly in the corporate space. "There is no computing in this model, everything happens on the server," says J. Duane Northcutt, Ph.D., chief technologist of Information appliances and WebTop devices at Sun. Dr. Northcutt lead the team, which designed the Sun Ray device. "This device does not really need any new architecture, and you can use the existing local area network infrastructure," he says. The device runs on a 100-MHz Sparc chip and has no real operating system. It has a smartcard slot, an Ethernet port and USB ports to hook up other devices such as printers and connection points for a monitor and a keyboard. Sun scientists are working on reducing the size of the device so that it can be embedded into a flat-panel monitor. Plugged into a 100-megabits-per-second Ethernet network, Sun Ray--which has a built-in Ethernet board--can pull all the applications and data it needs directly off the corporate server, without the need for local storage. The device has a graphics chip that translates the data from the server onto the computer screen, says Banman. Moreover, since Sun Ray is a stateless device, a user can move from one desk to another without carrying any equipment with the exception of a smartcard. The corporate server recognizes your identity through a card you insert into Sun Ray's smartcard slot, and serves up your applications and data accordingly. The device can also handle streaming audio and video, a huge improvement over dumb terminals of yore and critical for the high-bandwidth future. Again, if you unplug the computer during a video playback, the image pauses until you plug the computer in elsewhere on the network. If someone knocks out the cables at the back accidentally and reconnects after a few minutes, the user session resumes at the point of interruption. On the server side of things, there is some additional software, which includes an authentication manager; a session manager, which maps the user session on a server to a physical desktop unit; and an administration tool, which is used to provide usage monitoring and user management. The client and the server software together are being referred as Hot Desk Protocol by Sun, and it is interoperable with Citrix Metaframe, HP UX, IBM AIX and other such operating systems. About 40 of these devices can be run off a single central processing unit, according to Banman. Add more CPUs and you could add 40 times the number of Sun Ray devices to the network. Sun hopes to sell more than a million such machines, and it is going to sharply boost the sales of Sun's conventional line of $20,000-plus servers on the back-end. Sun plans to first extend the device into large organizations spread over diverse geographic locations before going after the consumer market