GraphOn Corp. Adds Linux Client to Bridges Thin Client Connectivity Software.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1999-- Ability to run Windows Applications on Linux Could Further Boost Popularity of the open Source Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. GraphOn Corporation, (Nasdaq:GOJO) (www.graphon.com) today introduced a new native Linux client for its Bridges(TM) software that will provide remote access to 32-bit Windows(R) applications from any Linux display device or PC over the Internet, dial-up or network connection. The Linux client for GraphOn Bridges is the latest to be added to GraphOn's thin, server-based software, which includes Java and Windows clients. The new Linux client runs Windows applications remotely with native-like performance. GraphOn Bridges provides independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprise users a cost-effective solution for deploying thin, server-based Linux, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows applications to display devices such as PCs. Licenses for Windows Terminal Server An option in Windows NT and 2000 that enables an application to be run simultaneously by multiple users at different Windows PCs. In NT, it is known as the Terminal Server Edition. , an Internet Connector and Citrix Metaframe are not needed to deliver 32-bit Windows applications to Linux, Java or Windows clients, since the software does not require the Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. kernel. "To be successful, Linux must proliferate on the desktop as well as the server," says GraphOn Executive Vice President, Robin Ford. "We believe the market's adoption of Linux will accelerate significantly when desktop Linux  This article or section is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article or section in an . can easily access server-based Windows applications." WinBridge, including the new Linux client, will ship in mid-December of this year with the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and version of GraphOn Bridges(TM) which allows any PC or Java-based Internet computing device run any server-based application over any dial-up, network or Internet connection without changing a single line of the application's code. About GraphOn GraphOn develops and markets thin, server-based software to speed, centralize and simplify enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. and enable efficient network deployment of applications to a wide variety of devices and platforms. GraphOn products will be unified under the Bridges name and include the components UNIXBridge and LinuxBridge, formerly the GlobalHost Universal X Server of GO-Global, first thin client X server for Windows PCs, GO-Joe, the first thin client X server for Java-enabled desktops (including web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2000 census, its population was 40,687. , and Reading, UK. Investors can obtain financial and corporate information at www.sec.gov under GraphOn Corporation's. This press release contains statements that are forward looking as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results will differ due to factors such as shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts and other variables. Readers are referred to GraphOn's most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: GraphOn, Bridges, GO-Joe, GO-Global, GO-Between, and jBridge are trademarks or registered trademarks of GraphOn Corp. GraphOn is exhibiting at COMDEX/Fall '99 all week in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion booth No. 121 in L5142 and in the Linux Business Expo in Corel's booth No. 602, and through Thursday at the media-only Lunch@Piero's event at 355 Convention Center Drive. |
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