> So the bottom line is that software development is forcing client > upgrades on thin clients and ultimately forcing hardware upgrades. > Not so with Sunrays. Sunrays don't run software and OS so you are never > forced to upgrade them.
This is really false advertising when Sun and others claim this. Remember, Bill Gates said no one will ever need more than 640K of memory either. Sun Rays do have firmware that must be upgraded every time you patch the SRSS software. The fact that this happens mostly seamlessly sort of hides this, but it is there. At some point, the first generation of Sun Rays will become obsolete as technology advances and pushes them past their design limits. At that point, Sun will stop supporting them and they will become doorstops like everything else technology eventually becomes. The biggest draw back I see to the Sun Rays is their apparent inability to do full screen full motion video. That alone puts a pretty big limit on their capabilities and will forever keep them in the "dull office machine" market. I would also like to know why these things still sell for $249 list. When you can open up the Sunday paper and get a Dell PC with a 2.5Ghz processor, 256MB RAM, DVD drive and a monitor for $229. The Dell has about 10 times the amount of physical materials and complexity as the Sun Ray. These things should be selling for no more than your average cable modem. _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
