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To: dav who wrote (67506)	9/10/1999 5:12:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

Yep, and they all had the same thoughts about Compaq on the same day. Anybody buying this? NW Compaq, Microsoft, Chingye Join Forces to Create Yumeng E- commerce Sep 09, 1999, (Comline via COMTEX) -- Compaq, Microsoft, and Chingye have formed a joint venture e- commerce enterprise in Taiwan called Yumeng. The company's initial capitalization is NTD 100 million, with Chingye holding 49.8% and Microsoft and Taiwan Compaq each holding 25.1%. The new venture will initially focus on enterprise markets and approach consumer e-commerce later. The interim president of the company said that its goals are to integrate an e-commerce alliance with local software houses, take on outsourcing services, build an Asian e-commerce center, and establish an e- commerce applications software component producer. The three companies referred to one another as "best partners" during their press conference. Chingye is particularly strong in the area of systems integration and banking, as well as consumer e-commerce under its parent Chingcheng. Compaq and Microsoft both have other e-commerce projects underway in Taiwan. Copyright 1999, Comline News Service

To: dav who wrote (67506)	9/10/1999 5:16:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

Compaq To Unveil Its First Fixed Thin Clients Sep 10, 1999 (Tech Web - CMP via COMTEX) -- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Compaq Computer plans in early October to introduce its first thin-client desktop system. Where some other vendors seek to differentiate their thin-client hardware by touting unique features and functionality; Compaq concedes its hardware is pretty similar to others and offers generic thin-client functionality, with the ability to run Windows NT Server Terminal Server Edition and Citrix Systems' MetaFrame applications. Compaq said the features and functionality of thin-client hardware is not important. Instead, what Compaq sees as important to thin client users is the company's ability to offer users one-stop shopping for thin clients, conventional PC desktops, Intel-architecture and Unix servers, storage and servers. Users value the kind of accountability a single-vendor solution offers, said Ben Williams, director of displays and peripherals product marketing for Compaq. "It gives you one throat to choke," he said at the Citrix iForum '99 conference here. The desktop system will be available in the fourth quarter, with two models, one running Windows CE and another running Linux. The Linux system will be designed for users who require a browser resident on the thin client itself, rather than the Windows NT server. A desktop browser frees up network bandwidth and server processor power for other applications. The Linux model will also be designed for users who desire a product without the taint of Microsoft. Both models will have a PCMCIA slot, two USB ports, and two serial ports for peripherals such as a digital camera, or barcode scanner, or modem. The models will also have ports for a microphone and a printer. Compaq already has a mobile thin client product, the Compaq Aero 8000, a sub-notebook running the Windows CE operating system. This machine has the Citrix client embedded in ROM, and connects to networks with a wireless PCMCIA card that currently runs at 2 Mbps, and will support 11 Mbps speeds in the fourth quarter. The base station has a range of 200 feet, and is 802.11 compliant. The Aero 8000 is designed for people who roam around a campus or factory shop but still need network connectivity. -0- Copyright (C) 1999 CMP Media Inc.