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Technology Stocks : Let's Talk About NCs: Network Computers
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Companies are approaching the NC with some caution, with most starting with pilot programs
before making wholesale changes. Buckles refused to discuss specific clients.

One of NCI's first clients was 1-800-FLOWERS, which announced in April it was replacing its
mainframe terminal environment with Java-based network computers and installing 2,000
network computers from NCI's manufacturing partners in its seven telecenters across the
country.

American Eagle has installed 20 IBM Network Stations in a pilot program to improve training,
taking it out of regional training centers and into the airport terminal. The Network Stations will
run all typical counter transactions from reservations and check-in procedures to preparing
boarding passes -- making training more convenient and realistic for the agent and less expensive
for the company.

And, CSX Corp., a railway and transportation company, has a pilot program underway using
Sun Microsystem network computers. In CSX's case, if the company goes forward with full
implementation the NCs will not be replacing the thousands of PCs already in place. Instead they
would be a replacement for the company's 15,000 dumb terminals -- monitors and keyboards
linked to a mainframe or minicomputer and used for data entry, claims processing and other
routine chores.

Industry leaders figure there are 50 million workers worldwide still using dumb terminals, which
represents another captive audience for the more technology-advanced NC, said Brasche.
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