IBM lands two NC deals
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
December 28, 1998, 12:45 p.m. PT
IBM announced two large network computer deals today,
proving that the market isn't dead. It's just growing
slower than expected.
IBM said it sold 8,000 Network Stations, its version of the NC,to American General Finance (AGF) in one of the larger Network
Station deals to date and "several thousand" to Sysco Corporation, the largest food distributor in the country.
Although the deals represent a minuscule fraction of overall
desktop computer sales, they stand as proof that the NC concept
lives on.
NCs burst onto the scene in 1995 as an inexpensive alternative to PCs. Centrally controlled by powerful servers, NCs, said
proponents, would be both cheaper to acquire and to manage.
Since then, however, PCs have dropped in price and become
easier to manage, wiping out many of the promised benefits of NCs. |
