Windows Via Real Thin Clients

Real thin clients, like the Sun Ray 170, don't run operating systems like Windows or Linux. I like the Sun Ray, since its Sun Ray Server Software runs on either Solaris or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. That's fine for users who want to access applications on Solaris or Linux. What about those who need Windows? I can think of four options:

1. Run a Windows VM inside the free VMware Player on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux user's desktop.


2. Run VMware Workstation on each user's desktop.


3. Run VMware GSX Server on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server running Sun Ray Server Software, and let users connect to the Windows VMs using the VMware Virtual Machine Console


4. Run VMware ESX Server on a separate platform, and let users connect to the Microsoft VMs using the Remote Console

Is anyone trying this already?

Update: I noticed a similar issue appeared in the VMTN Blog.