Comparison with other virtual desktops

More than a dumb terminal, the SPICE protocol allows the host computer, be it a thin client or a full blown PC to be evaluated and drivers loaded for various components, particularly video and use those local resources for the virtual desktop. This makes it possible for example to decode and play back flawlessly full HD video on a SPICE based virtual desktop (using a full pc for the desktop virtual terminal, something Quarmnet frequently demo'd) without bringing the virtualization server and network to it's knees.

It's an incredible -patented- technology, the only piece missing from the Redhat announcement is that the pledge that the patent won't be used against FOSS implementations. A key piece might I add, the FOSS doesn't do anyone any good with the patent threat still remaining.