I wonder how this will pan out in the future regards X11? -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tim Mangan Sent: 11 May 2005 15:41 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Sun Acquires Tarantella! This sounds like a good move on both sides. I guess we'll have to wait and see if Sun can make sufficient use of it. tim _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:53 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Thinnews Subject: [THIN] Sun Acquires Tarantella! Huge news! JK Sun Snatches Thin-Client Software Maker Tarantella Tarantella software is designed to provide access to server-based applications and could help Sun's utility-computing strategy. By Larry Greenemeier, <http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=4RALZYUXPQZDAQSNDBNCKH0CJUMEKJVN> InformationWeek May 10, 2005 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163100755 <http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163100755> Sun Microsystems is looking to advance its utility-computing strategy through the acquisition of Tarantella Inc., a provider of software used by desktop PCs and other client devices to access and manage data over the Web. Sun expects the transaction, worth about $25 million, to close by September. Tarantella's Secure Global Desktop software is designed to provide secure access to server-based applications running on Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows, mainframe, and midrange operating systems. Like competitor Citrix Systems, Tarantella's business revolves around providing thin-client devices with access to enterprise applications and information residing on back-end servers. Although Tarantella's market presence has been on the decline, Secure Global Desktop is used by companies that espouse the server-based computing model that Sun has promoted to, in part, compete with competitors Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM, all of which relied on a PC business at one time and were heavily indebted to Microsoft for their desktop operating systems. With Tarantella's technology, applications aren't stored or run locally on a PC. Users access their applications through a Web browser by authenticating themselves to a server running Tarantella's software. Once they're authenticated, users access their applications through an HTML-based desktop which allows them access only to the apps they have permission to use. The acquisition of Tarantella ultimately will make it easier for Sun customers to deploy desktops that run either open-source StarOffice applications or those from Microsoft, says David Friedlander, a Forrester Research senior analyst. In the short term, Tarantella's Global Secure Desktop won't deliver much incremental revenue to Sun, but longer term, it could help Sun's overall desktop strategy. The move also puts Sun's R&D and marketing engines behind technology developed by Tarantella, which had unsuccessfully tried to compete with Citrix in the $2 billion annual software market for server-based computing, Friedlander says. Tarantella began its life as Santa Cruz Operation Inc., which in August 2000 sold its Unix server software and services divisions, as well as UnixWare and OpenServer operating systems, to Caldera Systems Inc. Santa Cruz Operations renamed itself Tarantella and focused on producing Web-enabled terminal-services applications. Caldera, meanwhile, renamed itself The SCO Group, developed technology for running Unix on x86-based servers, and has become infamous for a multibillion-dollar Linux-related lawsuit against IBM. It's been an active week on the acquisition front for Sun. The company earlier this <http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163100176> week said it's buying intellectual-property rights to network-attached storage technology from Procom Technology for about $50 million. ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ==============================================================================