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Technology Stocks : Citrix Systems (CTXS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jkb who wrote (7037)	10/21/1999 11:31:00 AM
From: mauser96	Respond to of 9068

A search would show you that the same information can be found on their www site. zdnet.com Running something like Word directly on a PC will always be faster- a good bit of the program is kept in memory, some in the cache physically next to the processor. Using CTXS involves more computational steps and transmission to and from a distant site. Electrons take time to do all of this. Citrix isn't going to allow an old networked P100 to keep up with a new non networked P600 with loads of memory, but it will allow the P100 to be useable for a longer period of time and reduce costs of operation of the entire system. Most users don't need the absolute maximum speed for all of their applications. PC Magazine should have used a fat network in the comparison (with the server the same physical distance away). This is the real competition to thin networks. Also, Office is probably not the best example to use... Citrix won't be the best solution for all computing needs, but it should be the best for enough of them to make stockholders happy.