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The search for a seamless solution for Windows/Unix interoperability can seem like a quest for the Holy Grail. For some shops, the quest may end with the latest interoperability solution to hit the market: Sun Microsystems Inc's SunPCI card.
In many departments, PCs and Unix boxes sit side by side on users desks: PCs for office tasks and Unix boxes for computing.
The SunPCi card can eliminate the PC and the total cost of ownership issues associated with it. Pricing of the the SunPCi card starts at less than $500. The card is a hardware co-processor (as opposed to a software emula- e tor) that runs a complete Microsoft Corp. Windows system inside a window on the Unix desktop or in a separate monitor that is plugged in to the card.
In addition, because the SunPCi card is integrated with...