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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7052)	10/26/1999 2:36:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 9068

MikeM, Sounds very familiar doesn't it? Very. --Mike Buckley

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (7052)	10/26/1999 5:13:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 9068

Re: Thin-Client Device Vendors and Citrix Thread, While trying to figure out the Sun Microsystems connection between Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray project and Citrix, I ran across some articles of interest to Citrix investors. I'll have more to add on the SUNW-CTXS relationship later. I'm still trying to figure it out and it's time consuming. If anyone can add to it now, it would be appreciated. MikeM(From Florida) ********************************** Thin Client Growth International Data Corp. in Framingham, Mass., estimates that as many as 6 million new thin-client machines will ship by 2003. Gartner Group Inc. estimates the number of thin-client seats -- including PCs accessing server-based applications -- will reach 30 million by 2002. The reason, according to a Gartner report, is that, overall, "thin clients are 20% to 35% less expensive to operate" than LAN-based PCs. Compaq's machines, which will hit the market early next month, will support Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Terminal Server Edition and Citrix Systems Inc.'s MetaFrame client access system. Prices and other details haven't been announced. HP will introduce its new Entria thin-client line over the next few months. These machines will support Windows NT Terminal Server Edition, Citrix MetaFrame or Linux. Pricing will range from $559 to $799, without monitors. IBM is also shipping two new series of thin clients, the Series 2200 and 2800 Network Station lines, starting at $559 and $799, respectively. The 2200 targets data-entry workers, while the 2800 adds memory, expansion-card and device-connection options that let it operate with more demanding applications. computerworld.com _____________________ Thin-Client Device Shipments Soar Lower prices, proven technology help thin clients break out of niche status 9/20/99 The hype created more than two years ago over thin-client technology may finally have some weight behind it. Shipments of thin-client devices, the desktop workstations that rely on servers for their applications and processing power, reached 305,000 units in the first half of this year -- 83% more than in the first half of last year and only 63,450 units less than in all of 1998, according to a study by International Data Corp. (IDC) in Framingham, Mass. Partly responsible are lower hardware prices and cheaper software from Citrix Systems Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Mountain View, Calif.-based Network Computing Devices Inc. (NCD), which last year purchased Tektronix Inc.'s thin-client business unit; and Microsoft Corp. But the ongoing shift to server-centric computing, new opportunities for renting applications and proven technology are also changing the way end users look at thin clients, according to observers. The core of thin-client computing -- housing applications on a central server -- has been growing in popularity more quickly than thin-client devices themselves, said Wolfgang Baltes, general manager at Hewlett-Packard Co.'s thin-client division. computerworld.com __________________________ IBM Joins Thin-Client Party 9/06/99 Keeping with the theme set by other thin-client manufacturers, IBM this week will unveil a new family of Web-enabled thin clients. Series 2200 lets end users run Web browsers and Windows NT inside the device. The other family member, Series 2800, was designed for multimedia applications, interactive Internet sites and kiosk environments. Pricing for IBM's devices will begin at less than $999. Competitive models from Hewlett-Packard Co. cost $599 and up. The products come with Network Station Manager, Version 2.0, Release 1. It has a Windows graphical user interface and includes Netscape Communicator Version 4.5 and Citrix Systems Inc. software enhancements such as audio playback capabilities, remote application manager and Secure Independent Computing Architecture. computerworld.com ________________________ HP: Thin Again 8/30/99 Hewlett-Packard Co. will take aim this week at what it sees as a booming thin-client market when it announces a new family of thin-client computers along with a new brand name. HP launched its first family of thin clients, the Net Vectra, early last year. It outsourced the design and manufacture to Wyse Technology Inc. The new thin-client line, called Entria, is the first designed and manufactured by HP itself, said product manager Brent Remai. HP will offer three Entria product lines. The G series uses an embedded version of Windows CE and can access Windows applications running on Windows NT, Terminal Server Edition and Citrix Systems Inc. Metaframe software. computerworld.com