Nice attempt... but the idea seems good to me. It's not that anyone cares
what you are running, but you care what is supported, correct?
Netraverse's server idea a great one, IMHO. So many people run Windows on
all their desktops simply for fear of them wanting a product which will
only work on it. So rather than administering many Windows boxes on the
desktop, you have your choice and your options are open. If you want to
save that money and administration and make the Win-apps available on one
or two boxes (oops, don't want to overload them....) you can run them from
the Open Source OS of choice or any other Java-enabled platform. That's
the whole point of Java! Remove the requirements for the Desktop. So far,
only Microsoft seems to be fighting this idea... Gee I wonder why. It's
the same issue they had with the Browser.
Furthermore, the idea of centralized computing is "coming back around." We
have been swinging from centralized to distributed and back for years.
We're just on the way back to centralized. Those guys who implement a *nix
network and run X "Terminal Services" are not on their way out. They're
leading us forward. I'm sure after a while we'll have too much of that and
spit the computer out again. Each time it seems to get better, though.
Carroll Grigsby
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On Wednesday 19 December 2001 09:10 pm, Hoyt Duff wrote:
> On Wednesday 19 December 2001 08:42 pm, you wrote:
> > And so it goes... the
> > problem isn't with the office suites, it's the specialized apps that
are
> > going to give you troubles.
>
> Which is why Win4Lin is busy developing its application server Tarantella
> that is supposed to deliver any app from any OS to any desktop. All
that's
> needed is a browser with solid Java support and a good network. If you
> could get Java working in Amiga, you could use that for your desktop OS
if
> you wanted. Hmmm . . . 8)
>
> Hoyt
Hoyt:
I took a look at the Netraverse page. If I read it right, the idea is that
this server will connect a bunch of desktops to application servers, where
the desktops could be anything from a full blown PC to a glorified
terminal.
This notion keeps cropping up over the past few years, and I think that it
has some merit in a lot of environments. It is one solution to the problem
of
making specialized applications available, but it does so at the price of
requiring the IT staff to know each of the supported operating systems. And
wouldn't there would also be a performance hit with all of the translation
going on?
Now all I need is a version of Java that will run under CP/M, and I can
resurrect that antique hiding in the back of the closet. Then all I have to
do is find an ADM-3 at the flea market, and I'll be in business.
-- Carroll
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