Many customers are beginning to deploy mission critical applications on WorkSpace On-Demand and Java applets indicating that these customers are supportive of the network computing model. Microsoft continues to be the largest competitor and influencer for our business. From a positioning perspective, our focus is on supporting heterogeneity and operating system independence versus homogeneity and operating system brand dominance. Java continues to gain acceptance but has not yet become a standard for application development. Enterprise customers are interested in server-managed clients .
Server based client management is a key tenet of e-business.
Enterprise customers are receiving value from server consolidation . Network computing and e-business naturally increase the importance of server scaleability, capacity, availability, and performance, and many customers are realizing the benefits of a more centralized server environment. Year 2000 and Euro currency issues are causing enterprises to make changes to their computing model slowly and to hold off making investments in new platforms. Cost of ownership and application investment protection continue to be high priorities for our enterprise customers. Often, their choice of a computing model and platform is influenced by their relationship with us, their experience with our products, and our ability to provide continued support .