I can see paying for a new SunRay 2, server etc, but a SunRay 1? $249?, this is a bit out there.
Ralf --- Craig Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Warranty, support, funding further development of > the product, making > sure I can feed my kids, etc, etc, etc. > > > Ralf K. Wiegand wrote: > > Who would ever bug a SunRay 1 from Sun new for > $249. > > Go to ebay and get them for $30, including > shipping. > > I use them at home, were I don't have room for a > PC > > and were I don't want people installing software. > > Using the UNIVERSAL Desktop and I'm ready to go. > I > > can switch between solaris, mircosoft (rdesktop) > and > > ubuntu, just by moving the SunRays from sunray > server > > to sunray server... Zero maintenance on the DoIP > > clients, servers a stable. You also can get > yourself > > a small Citrix license and you have a very > flexable > > setup. > > > > Ralf > > > > --- Blaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> 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 > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > SunRay-Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
