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To: i-node who wrote (8175)12/23/1997 2:39:00 PM
From: Steve C.  Read Replies (2) of 10836
 
> NC + harddisk = PC - Windows

1. Large networks are becoming somewhat diskless already. In order to standardize and centralize desktop maintenance they are moving enterprise applications to fileservers. The desktop disk is becoming just a cache for enterprise apps. Local disks are becoming less of a factor for storage of applications or data.

2. There are alot of advantages for businesses to move toward a network computing architecture. And Java is one of the more cohesive systems for network computing.

Finally, if you have a java-based network computing architecture (a big "if" currently, but maybe not so in the future), wouldn't you rather consider a system which runs Java natively rather than a system which must run Java on top of Windows? Not to mention the costs of maintaining those big ole fat PCs sitting on thousands of desks in your company.

I think my point is, if you're moving to a java-based network computing architecture, NCs will fare better than PCs. The argument is not really NC vs. PC, but Windows-based architecture versus network computing architecture. NCs are designed for network computing. Windows PC can be kludged to work in a network computing environment but I don't think the cost is worth it (and it's much more than simply $100).

Okay, I think we've pretty much driven this into the ground! Anyone wanna continue I can find a discussion group for us.
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