The king of thieves is at it again!!!
After mocking and laughing at the concept of the NC,
the 'creative' brains at Microsoft have woken up to its
potential (this from a guy who wrote a whole book about the
future of technology? :) ). And in keeping with their tradition, they add one more
to their kitty of stolen ideas.
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuter) - Microsoft Corp is gathering up^M
its industry allies to propose a simpler, less expensive^M
personal computer in order to counter a threat from a new kind^M
of network computer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.^M
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The newspaper quoted people familiar with the matter as^M
saying Microsoft had been defining its proposed computer -- and^M
even its name -- this week.^M
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The company was expected to present its proposal on Monday^M
at a meeting of World Wide Web developers that it was hosting in^M
San Jose, Calif, it said.^M
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The newspaper said some of the initiative's supporters^M
included <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/news/intc.html">Intel Corp</a> , <a hre
f="http://biz.yahoo.com/news/hwp.html">Hewlett-Packard Co</a> , <a href="http:/
/biz.yahoo.com/news/cpq.html">Compaq Computer Corp</a> , <a href="http://biz.ya
hoo.com/news/dell.html">Dell Computer Corp</a> and other^M
makers of personal computers that use Microsoft's Windows^M
operating system and Intel microchips.^M
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The new network computers don't have a disk drive and^M
retrieve their software from the Internet and other computer^M
networks, it said. The method gives their users a cost advantage^M
over the traditional personal computers where Microsoft and^M
Intel technology dominate, it added.^M
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On Tuesday, <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/news/sunw.html">Sun Micro
systems Inc</a> is scheduled to^M
launch its version of such a computer called JavaStation, a^M
desktop machine that will cost less than $1,000 and have a^M
different kind of operating system.^M
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-- New York Newsdesk 212 859-1610^M |
