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Freitag Mai 12, 2006

"The Sun rises on thin clients"
Another person who likes our Sun Ray ultra-thin clients:

"Walking up to a Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun Ray thin client and popping in a smart card is actually pretty cool. We did so recently and were more impressed by the responsiveness of the system than anything else (lots of companies make good thin clients)—the card goes in, the applications come up in about the blink of an eye. The new Sun Ray 2 and Sun Ray 2 FS thin clients offer a little something for everyone. According to the company, the Sun Ray 2 consumes only 4 watts of power, which, if true, is fantastic news. The average thick desktop uses more like 80 watts. The Sun Ray 2 FS supports two monitors, which intelligence analysts, developers and network operations personnel will like."

Found here.
( Mai 12 2006, 04:23:10 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Europe can't wait for Microsoft to play ODF catch up"
Simon Phipps made me aware of the following interesting comment:

"Yet Microsoft has given no good technical reason why this should be so. ODF was created by a consultative process, which is some guarantee against hidden agendas. It is an ISO standard: it has passed expert scrutiny and can be considered fit for use. It is properly open: it can be made part of any product without the need for authorisation or licensing. It is available now. None of this is true of OpenXML, which, even as it goes forward for consideration as an international standard, remains under the control of one company, with many of the format's technical details yet to be revealed.

Microsoft says that ODF "would not meet requirements for backward compatibility, for forward compatibility, or for performance", an ironic statement for anyone who's had to migrate data between different versions of Office. It also reveals that Microsoft is mostly concerned with compatibility between Microsoft and Microsoft: not good reasons for the EC to hold back."

The full article can be found here.
( Mai 12 2006, 01:00:17 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]