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To: dreydoc who wrote (6998)	9/20/1999 7:49:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Re: CTXS and SUNW's Sun Ray Project dreydoc and Thread, dreydoc thanks for that response. There were quite a bit of viable ideas in there. I still like my,"thin," web browser idea a lot. The more I thought about it, the more it seems like it would work. At least for static web pages. _____________ On another subject, I just read in my hard copy of Network World an article about Sun Microsystems attempt at thin client via it's latest Sun Ray 1 Enterprise Appliance. As I've mentioned upstream, Sun's newest attempt at thin client is quite different from their failed, Javastation project. The processing of all Java apps will now be done on the server. Very much like Windows apps are processed on the server in the Citrix model. But the MOST interesting part is that Sun Microsystems is being more realistic this time and realize their product needs to do Windows. So guess what? Sun has licensed the Citrix technology. It's a big development that I don't believe I have read anywhere else (but remember this is an article written by a reporter). I did post upstream that Citrix gave some guidance to Sun for the Sun Ray project, but that article never specifically said Sun actually licensed technology from Citrix. This should be a development we should closely watch. I would like to know exactly what they licensed or what Citrix helped them on. In my opinion, Citrix purchase of the Java specialist, APM(name? it's all upstream somewhere) gave them insight into a lot of the technology that allowed them to work with Sun Micro on the Sun Ray project. But it's only my guess. Sun calls their thin client software, "Hot Desk." In theory, sounds identical to ICA. Or maybe I should say, "MetaFrame." I'm not sure yet. Their Hot Desk only transfer keystrokes and mouse clicks. There is virtually nothing done on the client side in terms of processing. Sound familiar? And the, "smart card," concept that Sun is marketing, sounds very similar to the capabilities of Program Neighborhood from my first glance at both ideas. MikeM(From Florida)