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Technology Stocks : Let's Talk About NCs: Network Computers
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To: A. Reader who wrote (3)10/13/1997 9:01:00 AM
From: A. Reader   of 116
 
Networks won't cut it
americasnetwork.com

So, why not create a whole new market? Devices such as set-top boxes and network computers may exhibit a great deal of profit potential as more users decide they want content services they've never considered having before. Case in point: recently, my 79-year-old father asked me when he will be able to buy a $500 computer that lets him read the online edition of The Wall Street Journal and do some word processing. It wasn't until two years ago that this man ever used a fax machine.

So, for example, why not offer my father, and the many computer-less users like him, a cheap network computer that incorporates an ADSL terminal unit? Then, don't stop at providing them 'Net access, but go a step further and rent them a server-based word processor based on a thin-client technology such as Java. Or, for a higher price, rent out a suite of business software. Why stop there-why not rent games to kids?
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