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I Believe In Network Clients
By mandeep
Source of Article: http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/date/20061108 At an interview last week with John Markoff, I made a statement that seems to have generated some concern over my sanity. I said, "I don't believe in thin clients." Let me start by saying I started my technology career with a company that built client (ie, desktop) software. I care a lot about user experience. And for that reason, I've always thought the words thin client were oxymoronic. No two words have ever been less comfortable sitting next to one another - one cannot have a client without at least some functionality or 'state' on a device, and the girth of that state (as measured by memory or storage or application footprint) directly correlates to the interactivity of the client. In simple terms, TV's got more interesting when they sprouted set top boxes. Radio got more interesting when iPods came along. And cell phones blossomed when you could download games and ringtones to their resident Java platforms. (Cache is king - although it can be stolen (think laptop), but I'll leave that cryptically hanging for another blog). Industry convention says that apps written to browsers are defined to be "thin." But by that definition, thin really equates to "using someone else's runtime environment" - in that the browser itself has to be present for the service to be rendered. And last I checked, browsers require operating systems and windowing environments. Not exactly thin. So in my book, it's inaccurate to say Google or YouTube are "thin clients" - they're services that leverage someone else's thick client. A browser. With this heresy behind me, I'm also (less controversially) of the belief that the most interesting consumer innovations

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are those we experience with our eyes - through compelling clients. And until recently, very few companies were investing in client software or hardware - sure, there were lots of browser apps, but that's what they were. But that's changing. Innovation on clients is back - we see it in a flurry of Web 2.0 companies investing in creative desktop interaction and the resurgence of JavaScript, in the myriad toolbars the big portals are driving into the world, and more interestingly, in an ever broadening array of new devices showing up in the hands of teenagers, on automobile dashboards, in our living rooms, basically everywhere. None of these are thin - at least in my definition. They all, however, leverage the network. And that's the big innovation - it's no longer just a browser presenting the network to users. Its standalone client applications and devices. But why the renewed energy around clients? This was venture capital no man's land a few years back, but no more. First, the strategic reason - relying on someone else's browser is a precarious choice. Especially when the distributor of the browser can use it to compete against you (type "news" into Microsoft Vista's browser, and you don't go to news.com, you go to MSN News...). That's driving a lot of companies to validate their services against Firefox, Opera and the Java platform - and as interestingly, it's driving companies to rewrite their apps to be standalone network clients, like iTunes, or the NetBeans developer tool. Standalone network clients, hardware or software, avoid the threat of disintermediation from unfriendly runtime environments. Secondly, users don't like to wait. Which from my pedestrian vantage point is the fundamental motivation behind "Web 2.0" - resident functionality, whether Google Earth or NASCAR's PitCommand, is more satisfying than visiting a web site that tries to load great heaping volumes of JavaScript into a browser every time a user appears (or more frustratingly, reappears). Patience isn't a virtue when it comes to computing - out of site, out of mind (pun intended). Make the user wait, they'll go elsewhere - provide a persistent executable, one that lingers between usage - or attaches to your belt loop - you're more likely to keep the customer. Lastly - the network has finally become pervasive. You can get a signal nearly (I did say nearly) everywhere - but as we move from a world of relatively reliable landline networks, to one in which we share services with mobile and wireless networks, the latter's spottier reliability is becoming more pervasive. And for a network service to retain its utility, it's got to do more than fail to appear when invoked off the net. Which implies an interactive client that persists, or hangs around, even when the network disappears for a moment. That's why your in-car navigation system works, even if the update feature is disabled. Now again, I am at my core someone who cares about clients - and user experience. Servers without clients are called space heaters - so it's good to see innovation returning to clients, especially network clients. It's been bottled up in the traditional definition of thin for too long. And although I don't believe in thin (except for one very pure, very low power, unthievable interpretation), I'm a huge believer in the network. And all devices that attach to the network (just go to CES next year, you'll be awed). So with that as a preamble, allow me to congratulate the Java community on having voted to approve a new Java platform, Java Standard Edition 6 - whose arrival yesterday via the Java Community Process heralds the single biggest improvement in the Java platform in years. And a vast improvement in user experience. Vast. With Java now powering more than four billion devices (ahem, network clients), the question we now face is how do we approach the next few billion. And without giving away the answer to that question, I'll leave you with one of my favorite quips: Different isn't always better. But better's always different. Article Publish by: http://www.famousbloggers.com/

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First hackathon offers prizes in addition to VC exposure
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/mark-anderson/keyboard_fingers_hackathon_315*100.jpg?v=1'>The Cereal Hack set for Sacramento at beginning of June has more has $1,000 available in prizes for its participants. A hackathon is an event where small groups are assembled into teams to create, develop and deliver an application after many hours of non-stop effort. As I wrote in the May 11 print edition, it is thought to be the first large-scale open hackathon in Sacramento, but hackathons are a growing trend across the country. The events are big in Silicon Valley, where companies literally...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=VImAgkGyGI8:lE7wWEqXzTs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
HP planning 25,000 to 30,000 job cuts
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/news/HewlettPackardHPLogoWeb2*100.jpg?v=1'>Hewlett-Packard Co. will reportedly announce plans to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs over the next year or so when it posts earnings next week. Reports that cite unnamed sources on AllThingsDigital, Bloomberg and Business Insider vary on the size of the work force reduction at Palo Alto-based HP (NYSE: HPQ). The restructuring will reportedly include a number of voluntary retirement packages, with AllThingsDigital putting that number at about 5,000 people. Business Insider reported that its...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=y4bkdIC60Pw:JfYuDkN4Nn4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Micron stock jumps after chip order reports
Reports that Apple Inc. is making large chip orders with Elpida Memory Inc. have spiked interest in Micron Technology Inc.?s stock. Micron was one of the most actively traded stocks today, according to the Associated Press . Micron (NASDAQ: MU) last week won the exclusive right to purchase Elpida Memory of Japan for 200 billion Yen, or $2.5 billion. Debt forced Japanese chip maker Elpida to file bankruptcy protection in February. As part of the deal, Micron will keep two factories in Japan....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=RL_JfyDa408:9KobNlcx6hA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Rackwise extends contract with Stanford accelerator
Rackwise Inc. signed a renewal and expansion of its contract with the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, The Stanford Linear Accelerator is operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. The particle research laboratory has been using Rackwise data center infrastructure management since 2009, and it is expanding its use of the software to model power use. Rackwise (OTC: RACK.OB) is based in Folsom. The company moved its headquarters this month from San Francisco. ?We...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=2SzTnOC-dY8:FKFmTuMyjIM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
ED GOLDMAN: An unethical budget move?
Quibbles & Bits ? Did your parents ever send you to the store with a detailed list of what you were supposed to buy and the money to do so? And if so, did you follow their instructions ? or did you do what California and several other states are trying to do: use the dough for something else? As is being reported everywhere, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to use the $400 million the banking industry coughed up in our direction not to provide mortgage relief and reduce home foreclosures, as...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=Q__S3dwM5rs:RYHeqRk5wJ4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Reports: Energy efficiency should pay off for state
As California policymakers discuss how to spend revenue generated by the state?s soon-to-be-launched carbon market, four related studies providing legal and economic analysis of different investment scenarios were released late Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes. How the money is spent will have implications for the state?s economy and future, said F. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which commissioned the four studies. ....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=QKb-vIAsD9A:cZrb7QLIg_Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Sutter gold mine slideshow
Officials with Sutter Gold Mining Inc. recently officially kicked off construction at a gold mill expected to go online later this year at the Lincoln Mine. Staff writer Mark Anderson has a slideshow of photos from the event, including workers actually breaking apart rock. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=niAst_7DUHo:OA0dsbgvHo4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Capital Public Radio hires state government reporter
Capital Public Radio has hired longtime journalist Amy Quinton to fill a state government reporter position, the news and information organization announced Wednesday, Melanie Turner writes on the media beat. Quinton comes from New Hampshire Public Radio, where she was an environmental reporter and interim news director. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=LL1e2PQurS8:CejmaUpAV0Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Upscale online pet retailer debuts in Rocklin
An online, upscale pet retailer is opening its first bricks-and-mortar store in Rocklin today. PoshPuppyBoutique.com customers can pick up their online purchases as well as shop in the store, according to the company. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=iW0PLSsIMFo:vTzMpN8crgE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
State new jobless claims rise; nation's stay steady
The number of people filing new jobless claims across the country was stagnant at 370,000, with no change from the previous week, according to a weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor. California, however, saw an increase in new claims of 1,613. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?i=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?a=D_tqjBglhNU:eEABMIiV8nE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_sacramento?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>

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