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To: QwikSand who wrote (152)	9/20/2004 1:42:22 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197

Interesting. I haven't tried it yet. I've been using "regular" Mozilla except when I need to download Windows patches or when I encounter an "IE only" page. The main thing that is keeping a Windows box powered up here is Schwab's Velocity trading software. Ironically, it's written in Java, but I don't know how to make it work on a Sun because of its reliance on Marimba (I don't know how to make this version of Marimba work on SPARC, if that's even possible, nor how to make Velocity work without it). I've tried VNC, and it's too slow for Velocity's streaming quotes (edit: besides which, it still requires having a Windows box running). At some point I may just latch onto one of those boards that puts an X86 inside a SPARC server and go with that. I need to find one that would justify (most of) its cost via the electricity I'd save by shutting off this power hungry PC (about $20 per month if left on 24*7). JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)