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JavaStation Reprise?: JavaStation Reprise?Nice.Paul,I'll respond here the same way I responded to you on 4/29. Because of direction from exec mgmt regarding the acquisition, I'm unable to discuss anything related to Oracle/Sun with any Non-Sun Microsystems employees or third parties and this includes the media. I'm sorry you felt the...; Tags: Sun JavaStation; Discussion threads 2009-06-05
JavaStation Reprise?: I just heard a speculation that I hope is untrue: that Oracle is looking at using a Windows Java client in lieu of the ill fated 1990s java station to run its applications in mixed Sun/Windows environments. Somebody please tell me it isn't so! by Paul Murphy; Tags: Sun JavaStation, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2009-06-05
Sun's flawed utility vision: Now that Sun has booted up its grid offering, it seems like a good moment to explode one or two myths about utility computing. Sun has been trying to get this right for at least a decade now, and everyone (except Sun itself, it seems) can learn from its mistakes....; Tags: British Telecommunications, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun JavaStation; Blog posts 2005-08-25

Is Java Windows for Unix?: Java is an incredibly successful toolset - but what is it really and how did it get to be so popular? To understand what it is and how it got this way you have to start with the problem it was meant to solve: manufacturers working on...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Unix, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-07
How and why to use Sun Ray: How and why to use Sun RayGood Lord! That's a long post, Murph!It's going to take a lot of free time just to parse it. I don't suppose you considered breaking it up into digestible chunks?Define your audience, pleaseAre you targeting people who haven't yet made a decision to use...; Tags: Sun Solaris, Mainframes, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Ray, SunRay, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-09-05

So what's a smart display?: Basically it's a graphics terminal whose entire operations are controlled from the server. Bootp, now DHCP, was originally developed to allow diskless devices to boot an OS from a network server. Thus Sun's ELC diskless workstation, circa 1988, ran a full SunOS implementation locally, but loaded it from a central...; Tags: NCD, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Explora Pro, Smart Display; Blog posts 2005-09-23