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To: E_K_S who wrote (10842)	8/12/1998 4:07:00 PM
From: Bala Vasireddi	Respond to of 64865

Sun's NanoServer to link 'appliances' "Released into limited beta testing this week, NanoServer includes a lightweight (100KB) JavaServer engine and JavaServer Services that will allow devices, from personal digital assistants and cell phones to network routers and medical equipment, to be managed and updated remotely." zdnet.com

To: E_K_S who wrote (10842)	8/12/1998 8:52:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Here is a Product Review of the Solaris 2.6 OS. This is the product Sunw is providing free to universities and non-commercial use customers. PRODUCT REVIEWS - September 22, 1997 (Vol. 19, Issue 38) Unix operating system Solaris 2.6 for Intranets gives Windows NT stiff competition By Stuart McClure and Eric Hammond (http://www.idg.net/idg_frames/english/content.cgi?vc=docid_9-48623.html) "...If Sun improves the configuration and management issues, Solaris for Intranets will be an NT killer in the intranet space..."

To: E_K_S who wrote (10842)	8/12/1998 11:36:00 PM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Eric, I believe that the Netscape browser is only supported on Solaris/Sparc, not Solaris/X86. Plugins are quite a problem, BTW, as they work quite differently on each platform (Windows, Apple, Unix). Netscape elected to use the underlying automation method of each OS quite directly (Ole and primarly DDE on Windows, AppleEvents on Apple, and Xevents on Unix) and so plug-ins need to be re-written for each OS. It's the choice of each plugin vendor to decide whether or not to support all three platforms.