client/server setup with 4gl

Hi amgad. A late reaction to your questions: why do you not try to use TUN.EMUL from ESKER. It is a terminal emulator running in WIN95 and can give you the same nice user interface as 4J,s without having to change anything to your existing 4gl coding. Futhermore you can add things (locally at the pc) like mouse support, graphics, pictures, sound , file transfer and so on. All can be done using TCPIP or async as the transfer protocol between the PC and the UNIX box. So this is a real thin client. And it is cheap. Futhermore using TUN I would wait to see what will happen with 4GL in the next 2 years (4gl running in a browser ? , 4GL with JAVA, JAVA and so on). To my opinion the battle that is going on now does not yet shows a winner. Good luck with your dilemma.