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To: FR1 who wrote (6526)	11/25/1997 12:22:00 PM
From: Marc Newman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Anyone: Some decent volume this morning and we hit 16 7/8. Anybody have any guesses why? What's the mood out there? I'm feeling good about the quarter because of the lack of clone competition but don't think we'll break $20 until January. Nonetheless, today's drop surprises me a bit. Marc

To: FR1 who wrote (6526)	11/25/1997 1:17:00 PM
From: X-Ray Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Franz, it is clear from your discussion that you don't understand thin client technology. The difference from the past is that you replace "dumb remotes" with "smart remotes", that is, the processor and memory power is so cheap now, that essentially it cost little to add that to the network/video package of a graphics terminal. So, like a PC, you run the applications locally, but you also take advantage of the net to serve all apps and files remotely. Actually, this is "old" in the sense of how almost everyone runs larger UNIX installations: NFS serve while running apps locally. The advantage? Maintenance is on the server (cheaper), but processing power is on the client, and these clients a simple desktop units, easier to configure and maintain than UNIX client boxes. MIS managers are going to eat this up... They won't have to leave their desks ;-) And THAT is what is going to drive it in the Fortune 500...