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Technology Stocks : Citrix Systems (CTXS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jkb who wrote (6179)	3/3/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

"Moral of the story is that most mission-critical business applications are still WIN32 aware - and will likely be so for a good amount of time - and Citrix will continue to benefit from that." jkb, Thanks. Finally I find some agreement regarding Citrix vs. Java. I just couldn't understand why others didn't think Java (sending tiny apps down the pipe) would not compete with Citrix (sending screen refreshes only down the pipe). I also agree, Java is way off in the future, but all those IBM engineers working on it, does cause me some concern. Lately we have heard very little about Java. I guess the hype stage is over. Wish I knew more about how it is coming along, especially over at IBM. Do you (or anyone else) have any opinions on Citrix's ability to increase sales in the enterprise software market? Specifically mentioned was, "BMC or Computer Associates" like. If I'm not mistaken, it seems like if you can only hook up five or so (maybe it's ten?) thin clients, to each server, doesn't this severely restrict it's usefulness to the "large customers" in the enterprise market? You would have to build a heck of a server farm if a large company opted to use Citrix technology. So how does Templeton work around this problem in his quest for the enterprise market? Thanks, MikeM(From Florida)

To: jkb who wrote (6179)	4/30/1999 9:35:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Re: CTXS and Java Thread, It would be interesting to know, how Java technology works in the Citrix model? Citrix did buy a Java based company called, APM. Citrix is developing an application server for Java compatible with Citrix software. I'm real curious as to how it is going to work. Will the Java applet continue to get sent down the pipe for processing on the client, or does the applet get processed on the server and the good old screen refreshes only take place on the client? An an even better question is, can programs specifically developed using Java technology, like Oracle8i, run on Citrix's MetaFrame? Can any Citrix experts help out? Thanks, MikeM(From Florida)