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To: Dave who wrote (49558)	9/18/2000 9:06:39 PM
From: keithsha	Respond to of 74651

Web TV and the forthcoming Ultimate TV rock. Simple appliance like devices that meld broadcast, web, listings, personal info into a seemless experience for the novice or couchbound. You want a general purpose computing thin client that is reliable and runs most anything with minimum fuss? Windows 2000 Pro running Terminal Services Client and IE. Hard disk is used to load OS, client and IE and all applications windows or internet run on the server Keith Keith

To: Dave who wrote (49558)	9/18/2000 9:26:32 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

That JVC Dish box is three in one. A Sat receiver, a PVR and WebTV. So it's one of those higher end thin clients. ;-) "Granted. But then, my definition of a Thin Client should have said something about being a general-purpose computing device, which WebTV is not, since you can't install and run any new software for it" They can install and run new software on it. The entire OS can be dumped for something else, perhaps even something with Java who knows. For now you can use JavaScript, Flash, DHTML, ActiveX controls or... (because after MSFT bought WebTV, they cancelled WebTV's Personal Java initiative)." Spin City. Perhaps if Sun would release Java to a standards body things might be different...