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Well, imitation is the best form of flaterry. Wyse have come up with a SunRay equivalent. Lots of people said that SunRays would never be popular, now other companies are doing similar things to Sun. For those that do not know about this technology, SunRays and thinclients are desktop machines that allow everyone to share a larger and faster computer. Sun can run Windows, Solaris and Linux applications on SunRays. Thin clients use less power (no disk, CPU or fan), are more secure (they have no data in them that can be stolen) and can be replaced in less than 10 minutes if they fail.

You can see the Wyse product here: http://www.wyse.com/products/hardware/thinclients/V10L/index.asp

Picture of the SunRay here: http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray2

"A ray or enlightenment in a dark IT quagmire", cost $249 for a Sunray, Suntan lotion not included.

Comments:

We had these for a demo. They're not the same as SunRays - they have an embedded OS and download apps on demand.

Posted by Dick Davies on October 25, 2007 at 01:25 PM CEST #

Thanks, well if they have apps running on them their is less security. Any processing done on a thing client increases power usage and therefore requires more cooling.

Posted by Valdis on October 25, 2007 at 08:06 PM CEST #

"And, with an unpublished API, Wyse Thin OS is one of the most secure operating systems on the market."

Their words, not mine. Apparently Wyse is stuck in the 70s, when "security through obscurity" was all the rage.

Posted by Patrick Giagnocavo on October 25, 2007 at 09:56 PM CEST #