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Pano, Sun Ray, and the Wintel gestalt

Distributed Computing is now180 degrees out of sync with the bandwagon. That means that Murph's ideas are being adopted whilst mine are being ignored. I guess this proves that I am not a mirror of Murph.DumbRays are just as expensive as this Pano stuff. And what do you get for...

Tags: Wintel, DumbRay, Pano, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-12

Desktop TCO and user rights

Desktop TCO and user rightsDesktop PrisonI agree that this "new" product is aimed at locking down desktops. I wonder just how many people out there have experienced a locked down PC. The inability of being able to do simple tasks (defrag, run your own software, etc.) makes it a real...

Tags: Desktops, menu structure, Thin Client solution, Desktop TCO, desktop, DumbRay, user right

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Additional Resources

The case of the missing Sun refugees

The case of the missing Sun refugeesMurph's rose colored glassesEvery IT vendor out there is on the "green" energy kick - and there are many thin client providers around too. If Sun survives, it will still have stiff competition anyway you look at it. This new client virtualization stuff goes...

Tags: Servers, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Converting to Sun Ray, instead

Converting to Sun Ray, insteadThis looks great until you rememberthat computing is about the applications, not the hardware or the platform.An age where we're looking to get through the next three years is not a time to be looking at projects that won't see a ROI for another 15 years.What,...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, wireless, Mendelssohn

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?

Selling Unix in 2009 - much easier than in 2008?A PS3 on everyone's deskThe problem I have with your DumbRay solution is that you cannot do any processing on the desktop. This means that for FEA, you need to have dedicated "compute" servers in the old days those were Crays....

Tags: Linux, Workstations, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture*Standing Ovation*I finally understand your "Centralization of processing and de-centralization of control" shpeel. I think we are in alignment with the latter, but not the former. I believe in an Autonomic Distributed Architecture - where every *NIX machine client and server share the same...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, hardware, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

The more things change

The more things changeBe productive with a touch only computer ?"The potential is amazing - you can imagine was well as I can, I think, what a 12″ iPhone replacement for the traditional laptop could do for user productivity"You are talking of home user or of business user ?Because i...

Tags: Processors, Linux, Operating systems, Intel x86, PPC, GPU, Microsoft Windows XP, security

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Helpdesks and productivity

Helpdesks and productivityGood start, and then...You lost it.1980 CalledThey want their mainframes back. :DWhy don't you explain your present value...calculation. Do you even know what present value means? What time period are we talking?Huh?You imply that on a Sun Ray platform the only problems are the applications or how they...

Tags: Call centers, help desk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel

Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...

Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Distributed decision making in IT

Distributed decision making in ITMoving the SPOF rearrainging deckchairs.Lets make something clear - that the central SRSS/DumbRay server IS a SPARC. x86 just doesn't cut it for hosting so many users. SO please don't do the same thing as big blue and pull the old bait and switch - OF...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, information technology, server, decision-making

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Achieving magical results in IT

Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

The top Sun Ray myths

The top Sun Ray mythsInteresting, but ignores the fact that Sun Ray is proprietary protocolAn interesting summary and provides a good foundation for any discussion relating to thin client solutions or Server Based Computing as a whole.However, it was not pointed out that Sun Ray utilizes a proprietary protocol and...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Network technology, Sun Ray, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE community

An idea about teaching Linux to the MCSE communityIt's not about shellsIt's about where things are and what they're called.Remember we can have the scripts configure gnome to look like windows and pop up wintel like menus too.Put the cart before the horse.You'll need to get them all into the...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Unix, server, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Why Client-server fails

Why Client-server failsControlling the what happens on the client.You control what happens on the client by requiring of it the least possible functionality ("fill this form in"), and placing no application logic there.If you do validation on the client, this is only as a convenience to the user, and all...

Tags: Servers, Nothing, client-server

Discussion threads 2008-04-29