And I have a 15 year old ASCII terminal downstairs...It too never needed upgrading or patching, and it too still works just as it did the day I bought it 15 years ago, but it really isn't all that useful by today's standards. Even though I spend 99% of my day using ASCII windows, I find it much more productive to have 30 of them open at once, with the ability to cut and paste between them.
Saying the Sun Ray 1 will still be running the current office apps in 15 years is stretching it a bit. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:sunray-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Callison > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:51 PM > To: SunRay-Users mailing list > Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] Why SunRay? > > I'm sorry... but comparing SRSS firmware updates to the kind of > patching, repatching, and service packing that takes place on a PC or > Wyse is not fair advertising either. How much testing, tracking and > deployment planning is required for a firmware update? For me, it's > about 99.9% less than what I do for each and every O/S hotfix. And they > are a lot less frequent, too. > > Furthermore, comparing SRSS firmware updates to the Windows refresh > cycle is not fair either. A Sun Ray I buy today will run future office > productivity applications just as well 10-15 years from now as it does > today. I may not be able to run not-yet-invented gadgets on the > not-yet-invented protocol that is better than USB... but I will be able > to upgrade the software and have it run just as well then as it does > today. A Windows PC, on the other hand, does not support this kind of > longevity. New software requires the newer O/S... the new O/S requires > the newer hardware (for more information, google "Windows Vista hardware > requirements"). The drivers that force hardware upgrades on a PC are > all external to the customer. Conversely, the drivers that force > upgrades on a Sun Ray are all internal -- and therefore elective rather > than compulsory. > > -jerry > > > 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. > > > >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 _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
