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Technology Stocks : Disk Drive Sector Discussion Forum
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To: John Wang who wrote (1944)12/31/1997 9:13:00 AM
From: Pierre-X  Read Replies (1) of 9256
 
Re: NC

You said:

How are Sun's or Oracles's network computer doing? I have not heard anybody buying these things.

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Some exerpts:

IBM succeeding in NC market
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Meanwhile, Sun missed a November target date for the introduction of its Javastation NC, a release that was originally scheduled for February, and NCI recently trimmed about 15 percent of its workforce, reassigning some of its corporate sales personnel in a move that indicates the company will focus on the consumer market.
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The slowness of Java productivity applications such as Lotus Development's eSuite in reaching the market has also hindered the Sun-Oracle camp. "The whole [NC] market is stalled waiting for Java to show up," said Audrey Apfel, vice president of networking technology for the Gartner Group.

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