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To: David Montgomery who wrote (6960)	9/9/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc	Respond to of 9068

IBM Joins Thin Client Revival IBM is aiming to ignite the struggling Net terminal market and shadowing Sun's renewed interest in thin clients. Like Sun's new SunRay, Big Blue's terminals, are low-cost, no-frills boxes that offer a minimum of computing power, relying instead on a network connection to a server. IBM announced the Network Stations 2200 and 2800 on Wednesday, targeting inexpensive Net connections for stores, banks, travel agents, and public kiosks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read more in Infostructure ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The US$559 Series 2200 and the $799 Series 2800 will support Windows, UNIX, Linux, Java, and browser-based applications. The 2800 features a beefier Intel Pentium processor than the 2200, making it suitable for faster client-side processing of audio and video applications, according to IBM. IBM also updated their server software with Version 2 of its Network Station Manager. The software features updates of the Netscape Communicator browser and Sun's Java Virtual Machine, as well as support for RealNetworks audio-video file formats and Adobe's PDF. Sun introduced the Sun Ray as a simple input/output device with a keyboard and little else except a network connection and a smart-card reader that lets users log into any terminal. Unlike its predecessor, the doomed JavaStation, the Sun Ray doesn't use the performance-plagued Java operating system. The terminals will also run Windows programs and Net-based office applications from Star Office, which Sun recently acquired. After languishing on computer skid row for a number of years, thin-client computing may be gaining momentum, according to International Data Corporation. IDC reported that during the first half of 1999 shipments of thin-client systems were 305,000 units, an increase of 83 percent on the year before, and only 60,000 shy of the total shipped in 1998. Thin-client computer sales are expected to more than double from $318 million in 1998 to $719.9 million in 2000, and similarly increase to $1.6 billion by 2002. Related Wired Links: <Picture> Sun to Build Internet Device 23.Nov.98. NC World Is Dead 22.Jun.98.