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

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (6499)	4/30/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: David Perfette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9068

A few questions from a lay person here. Much of this conversation has been centered around the benefits of the thin client server for businesses running a plethora of 386 & 486's. What about newer pentiums. I'm sure there are plenty of businesses with a bunch of pentiums running at 160mhz and 200mhz. As in the prior example of a corporation running 20,000 machines, but instead of the 486's lets say they predominantly 160-200mhz pentiums, is there any incentive for this corporation to use Ctxs? Also, I'm not sure whether to interpret this as a positive or a potential difficulty for ctxs going forward. Since computing power is constantly and rapidly improving, will the demands of new software keep up with the growth in computing power, thus sustaining the need for ctxs applications. I've read a lot about how there is speculation that the demand for the latest and greatest is waining because the incremental boost in performance may not be worth the premium paid for the latest top notch processors. If a 266 or 300mhz machine could suffice for quite awhile, I would think, down the road, there could be diminished need for ctxs applications? Thanks, David P.