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To: Herc who wrote (5385)	10/17/1999 10:54:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

Off Topic -- Re: Short Citrix? "I certainly would not depend on thin client software with this unpredictability. Should I short Citrix? The internet is now at the stage TV was with rabbit ears and roof top antennae." Herc, No. Not at all. At least not for the reason you believe above. Quite the contrary. Citrix's (sym:CTXS) claim to fame is the ability to perform under low bandwidth conditions. I demo'ed Powerpoint, Word, Excel, etc. on their website many years ago using a 28.8 dialup and it worked quite well. That's what got me interested in CTXS in the first place. And I haven't regretted it since. As a matter of fact, the bandwidth problem you refer to, kept me from being a believer the old Java technology was a paradigm thin client/fat server solution. As you may know, the Java app needed to be sent down the pipe and processing was done on the client. Lot's of delays in that method. From what I now understand, with the latest incarnation of Java, the processing is done on the server and only screen refreshes are sent down the pipe. A la Citrix type technology. There is some interesting stuff going on in this regards. You can find full details on the CTXS thread. MikeM(From Florida)