Blaster 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.
The strange thing is .... Bills new products don't work on a 640 K
memory anymore.
But the Sunray firmware is only 300 KB. So maybe Bill was right when he
made his statement?
We will wait and see....
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.
I try again:
The functionality of the Sunray is well defined and low level.
This means upgrades in functionality are not needed as often as you are
used to with higher level programs.
If the firmware is upgraded the change is minimal compared to the new
version of say a citrix client.
I am not sure what the firmware size of the 1.0 Sunray software was but
at the rate it has increase to 300KB it does not worry me.
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.
Ok, I agree on that. The sad story is that the Sunray hardware is
capable of much more than the software allows it to do.
Compared to Wyse it is the world upside down ;-)
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.
I really hope Sun would put some marketing effort in to the Sunray.
Numbers count here. I also belief that if the numbers increase the price
could/should drop to that of a cable modem.
Ivar
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