[ogb-discuss] Proposal for Virtual Client Community

[Brandorr]

Ray,

Would the the scope of this community include various thin client
technologies like RDP, Citrix, and X-Terminals?

Thanks,
Brian

On 10/1/07, Ray Strong <Ray.Strong at sun.com> wrote:
>
>  The following is a proposal for a Virtual Client Community on
> opensolaris.org.
>
>  Name:
>  Virtual Client
>
>  Background:
>
>  Sun provides a family of layered software for virtual client computing.
> Sun Ray Software (SRS), Sun Secure Global Desktop (SGD), and the Virtual
> Device Access Kit (VDA) provide different solutions for secure virtual
> Solaris, Linux, and/or Windows desktops to client devices. It is our goal to
> provide some elements of this software to the Open Source community to drive
> adoption.
>
>  Focus and Scope:
>
>  The scope of the community will be implementations, ideas, innovations, and
> research around virtual client computing. This scope includes, but is not
> limited to, such areas as core technologies, APIs, system administration,
> application support code (agents), portlets, and test frameworks.
>
>  Initial Contributions:
>
>  Sun Microsystems will initially contribute to the community elements of the
> source code for Sun Ray Software and associated management applications
> under the name "Virtual Client Software." This contribution will start at
> the time of community formation with links to the Desktop Manager client
> source, the SSMA Open Source release, and portlets for SGD. We will also
> build a central communication locus for discussion and support of desktop
> and virtual client computing through a discussion group and links to
> existing users groups. Our plan is also to use these forums to assist us in
> evaluating what elements of source and/or technology to release next and our
> open source roadmap development.
>
>
>  Nominating Members:
>    Alan Coopersmith
>    Glynn Foster
>    Jay Cotton
>    Stuart Kreitman
>
>  Core Contributors (all from Sun Microsystems):
>  Jerry Wall
>  Sandya Menon
>  John Bondi
>  Dirk Grobler
>  Michael Bender
>  Michael Oliver
>  Michael Dann
>  Ray Strong
>
>  Initial Facilitator:
>  Ray Strong
>
>
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