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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (7614)	3/1/2000 6:10:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9068

MikeB- Your cut&pasted comments are related to the old Java model. That didn't concern me nearly as much as the new Java model. The new Java model, a la Oracle 8i for example, is processed on the server. Not the client. The new Java example can scale to tens of thousands of clients. MetaFrame is good, but can't scale that big. Don't ask me for details, because I'm not up to speed. But all the excellent discussions are upstream. What...about six or nine months ago? All I recall was that Oracle was trading at $12/share when their new Java model came out. Today, Oracle at $75/share, is what the market thinks about their ability to execute that new Java model. With all the work I did, I called it wrong and bailed because I didn't think Oracle would execute. Was I ever wrong. BUT as we discussed upstream, it was hard to understand how CTXS fit into the Java model. Something I still struggle with today. I did call IR back then and got some information faxed to me, but never had the time to do a post about their relationship. Apparently they(Java and ICA) can co-exsist. Maybe even something more. -MikeM(From Florida)

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (7614)	3/1/2000 12:10:00 PM
From: mauser96	Respond to of 9068

Java centric thin client processed on the client always was 90% hype. While useful on the www for small applets, Java is an interpreted language and is inherently clunky and slow. Writing a program like Word in Java is like someone investing millions in developing wooden wheels for cars, so in most cases it doesn't matter where the processing is done, Windows based programs are more efficient and have the economies of scale. Java could have some uses in specialized smaller programs, but you can use CTXS to access them also. Message 10326966 All IMHO of course