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Missing the Ultra-Thin point

I just read this article on ZDnet: I don't think Mr. Murphy is really hitting the point.

1) Sun Ray's aren't good at everything
2) Sun Ray's are Great at somethings (This beg's the question of #1, but I thought I would say it for completeness)
3) Most corporations have at least 50% of there people using desktop's
4) Desktop's are expensive to manage. (Regardless of OS)
5) Managing desktops is easier to do centrally. (Regardless of the OS)

Hence, an Ultra-Thin type of client is easier and cheaper to manage if it's centralized.

Is Sun Ray's the only answer? NO. Is it AN answer? YES.

Want to run Citrix on a Sun Ray, No Problem, Want to RDP to a Windows Term Server, No Problem. In my humble opinion, this is what makes Sun Rays such a great solution, flexibility.

Red Hat Sun Ray's?

This week I spent most of my time working on Red Hat Sun Ray's. Red Hat? I though Sun made Sun Ray's why would they support Red Hat?

Actually Sun support's Red Hat and Solaris Native, meaning the Sun Ray Server Software is compiled for Red Hat and Solaris. Using Sun's Desktop Connector, or UTTSC, you can connect to any RDP enabled device. (Windows Terminal Server, Windows servers and using the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), you can connect to VM Ware Images that are part of a Pool and automaitically clone, start and shutdown.

The question isn't, can Sun Ray's work for you, it's which way to best impliment Sun Ray's for you.

All of this information can be found at: http://www.sun.com/desktop/