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To: Thomas Mercer-Hursh who wrote (22269)	11/4/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: Stormweaver	Respond to of 64865

In the near term thin client would have to establish a presence in these markets before declaring war on Wintel: 1. Phone like appliance: between PC's/laptops and handhelds. - surf + email + calendar + todo ... - problem is there really a market between the two or will people either spend more/less to get a PC/handheld ? 2. 3270/dumb terminal replacement/Vertical Apps/In-house Apps - ie. airline ticketing, kiosks, specialized applications (ie. warehouse management terminal) I see the greatest promise in #2 because it's the first step to proving thin client commercially; phase 2 of this being a true thin desktop. #1 is wrought with competition - quite frankly I'd rather have a PC + a Windows CE/Palm handheld portable rather than a Sun Ray. As Twister said, Windows is a moving target that is evolving all the time. Also to make things more difficult Windows is entrenched as a personal and corporate desktop: 1. thousands of hardware/software vendors 2. thousands of companies have developed in-house applications for it. 3. It's the best & most popular desktop paradigm - by selecting it I can exchange information with other people more readily. 4. It's a known paradigm. Cheers James