-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 What is the problem of having a software client implementation for government or military people? One could always configure the server such that it can not accept software clients. We would also be very interested in a software client - preferably using a smart card so that one could use the Sunray session from a laptop or from home.
Regards, Matthias Ernst Craig Bender wrote: > I did not say it was a bad idea, I quoted the article that it is not on > the product roadmap. We also have many customers, mainly in the .mil > and .gov that would be greatly disappointed by us releasing a soft client. > > Matthew C. Aycock wrote: > >> On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 12:43, Craig Bender wrote: >> >>> The key take aways from that article are: >>> >>> "Soft Ray, at its Sun Labs research arm" >>> >>> and >>> >>> "The application is not yet on Sun's product road map, according to >>> O'Neill" >>> >>> >>> The labs create a lot of stuff and only a fraction of it become a >>> product. In fact that is where Sun Ray started IIRC. This client >>> required significant changes to the Sun Ray server, did not use smart >>> cards, and had other issues. Bottom line tt was just a proof of >>> concept demo and this reporter got overly excited. >> >> >> >> Well, we here at Emory University have tried many times to bring this >> to market. We have been pushing in every direction we have available. >> We even went so far as to make a proposal to do joint work on it with >> Sun. >> This would make it ideal for our situation. Instructors could setup >> their demonstrations from the comfort of their own desktop in their >> office and then have it ready for use on the SunRay in the classrooms. >> This would prevent them from having to waste class time in order to >> get demos setup. >> >> I am greatly disappointed by your comments. >> > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users - -- +----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Matthias Ernst | Phone: +41-44-632-4366 | | ETH Zürich | Fax: +41-44-632-1621 | | Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie | | | ETH-Hönggerberg - HCI D 227 | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD0DBQFC59YNCgETjsI23tkRAu3bAJUUdKifGAR02yRB1UXp76+40tFKAJdgTyTy dVc2Uhw9WFCl8kLPtN5F =2KEF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
