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To: Hardly B. Solipsist who wrote (6619)	5/28/1999 12:39:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9068

I write: Now if I got that right(which I may not?), when it comes right down to it, isn't Oracle basically sending screen refreshes down to the browser for display? You write: In one model it is sending web pages, which isn't (I think) the same thing. In this model, the client isn't acting like a display terminal or an X-windows client, it's acting like a browser. ------------------- Hardly, Well now I'm starting to understand. I believe I read off of Oracle's website that the browser was an important way to access 8i. If I'm not mistaken it's in quite a few press releases. Very interesting. Similar to the Citrix goal, but not quite. Regarding my "screen refreshes" statement, I almost edited my post because I didn't want anyone to take it literally. Oracle doesn't do screen refreshes. But Citrix literally does. It's an extremely interesting technology. If you get a chance, you may want to try it out. I would be very interested in your opinion. It's so easy to do. If you hit this page: citrix.com Make sure you use Microsoft's IE browser (because it loads the client automatically). Once the small client is loaded, click on any of the demos. Understand that MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access only resides on the CTXS server in Ft. Lauderdale, then you'll see why it's pretty exciting technology. You could literally be on an ancient 386 and on a 33.6 dialup and it runs just about the same as on a LAN with a Pentium III processor. You can use their demo Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, etc. as if it resided on your own personal hard drive. Now picture being able to do this from the other side of the world via a dialup $20/month Internet account, and then it's clear why the product keeps selling as well as it does. Even the Internet doesn't slow it down because so little is being sent down the pipe. Literally only screen refreshes. Keyboard and mouse clicks are the only things sent upstream. If you do get a chance to try it, please post what you think. Pro or Con, your opinion would be very welcome. Thanks, MikeM(From Florida)