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To: Redman who wrote (6421)	4/19/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

"This is when we will find out about the new video technology I was referring to." Redman, I don't think what they are trying is exactly new. I think Citrix may just be going for the good old 3 fps type video/audio. They just want video (and I guess audio) to work with the Citrix product (ICA protocol). In other words, don't expect any break-through on the video delivery end. But do expect Citrix to eventually announce that plain vanilla streaming video/audio will work with their protocol. This is all I believe they are attempting to accomplish. Even when they get VDOnet to work with ICA, the processing has to be done on the client side to view the video. Kind of un-Citrix like but no way to overcome that obstacle if video is compressed. Here's the details from their latest 10-K that explain it pretty well. MikeM(From Florida) -------------------------- VDOnet-- The in-process research and development acquired in the VDOnet acquisition consisted primarily of one significant research and development project, ICA Video Services. This project allows video applications and applications containing video to be viewed on an ICA client, and is targeted for the server-based computing market. At the date of acquisition, VDOnet was shipping a client/server video streaming product. The product operated in a client/server environment but was not operational in a Citrix MetaFrame or WinFrame environment. After acquiring VDOnet, the Company continued the development of this in-process project, which the Company estimates was less than 65% complete at the date of acquisition. The aggregate value assigned to the in-process research and development was $2.4 million. At the time of the valuation, the expected cost to complete the project was approximately $200,000. As of December 31, 1998, approximately $1.1 million had been incurred since the date of acquisition. The Company estimates that approximately $1.8 million will be required to complete the remaining research and development project and it is expected to be completed in 2000. The remaining effort to complete the project is primarily the utilization of acquired technology to develop a video server that will provide video applications to an ICA client. The research and development risks associated with this project relate primarily to integrating this product into the server-based computing environment.