"Compaq Survey Claims IT Managers Reject NCs"
currents.net
ignorance is bliss
A rebuttal: "Britts Reject Network Computer, Survey Says"
techweb.com
"A direct attack on the Compaq-funded survey came from IBM, the second-ranking PC vendor in Europe. The survey is too pessimistic about the NC's chances because many of the respondents misunderstood the capabilities of NCs, said Pete Jakob, marketing manager for IBM's NC division in Europe."They have come to the conclusion that you can't run Windows applications on a network computer. That is not the case at all," Jakob said"
IBM moves to improve NCs:
news.com
"General Accident Fire & Life Corporation of London recently said it would purchase 4,000 NCs from IBM."
"Proponents address NC Woes"
zdnet.com
"That was the answer for Value City Furniture Inc., a furniture chain with 66 stores in 13 states, based in Columbus, Ohio. The company began deploying IBM's Network Station Series 1000 NCs in November and now has about 15 NCs in nine stores. Value plans to deploy 1,000 NCs over the next 18 months.
"It's been a painless, drop-in process," said Jerry Kerr, CIO at Value. The company, which was using AS/400s to run and distribute proprietary applications on terminals, replaced those terminals with the NCs." |
