-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Scott <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 2:26 PM
Subject: Client/Server dead?


>For the "what goes around comes around" file:
>
>In an interview in Monday's Computerworld, Larry Ellison says that
>Oracle will eliminate the client/server versions of their applications
>software in the next release.  Apparently they have discovered that the
>advantages of having the software and data together on a central server
>system are so great that they don't think any of their customers will
>want the client/server versions anymore.
>
>It can only be a matter of time until people [re-]discover the HP3000 and
>its super thin clients (terminals and/or terminal emulators)! :-)

Although Client-Server is *not* dead - it is taking a different turn toward
the web and other internet-enabled technologies, not just a WinApp and ODBC.
As for thin clients <plug> check out our bundle on or website at
http://www.csillc.com.  People still visit and log onto our system here
using Javelin - a Java-based emulator! </plug>

Cheers,
Joe

Joe Geiser - CSI Business Solutions, LLC
** Your Client-Server and Internetworking Specialists
140 Bristol-Oxford Valley Road, Suite 102
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