Sun, IBM to combine on Java software
news.com
"IBM and Sun Microsystems tomorrow will detail a Java-based operating system for corporate network computers, software that the two companies hope will spark interest in their NC plans."...
"Emblematic of this trend is Allstate's purchase of about 45,000 IBM Network Stations. The largest NC deal to date involves machines that run programs based around Windows NT and other platforms but not Java, according to an IBM spokesperson."
...could this plan include WinCenter Pro?
Microsoft's Thin OS Weighs In
techweb.com
{Figured out the 258k vs 357k numbers from Zona}
"Last year, unit shipments of such devices hit 347,917, up 35% from 1996, according to Zona Research Inc., Redwood City, Calif. In the corporate market, about 258,000 units shipped, representing about $350 million in revenue."
STANDARDS:
techweb.com
"NC vendor NCD said multivendor standards for thin-client management are important. But equally vital-and unaddressed by the NC alliance-is finding ways to manage an environment with different kinds of thin clients, including NCs, Windows-based terminals and those complying with the new lean-client specification from Intel, said Jim Fulton, vice president of strategy and technology for NCD. The company makes-or has plans to make-a wide variety of thin-client devices." |
