Hi Mike, are you still having that NC fever?
"Sun, Oracle dip on NC malaise "
news.com
- "Simply put, sales of NCs and in particular NCs based around the Java programming language, aren't great. Only 144,000 NCs were sold last year, about half of projections, according to a report from Dataquest earlier this week."
Among those, about 100,000 were from IBM and the buyers like Allstate really want is ...
- "Sales of thin-client NCs are expected to climb to 482,000 this year, but Dataquest points out that many of these will not be NCs at all. Many of the thin client devices could be Windows-Based Terminals or stripped-down PCs that are centrally managed through existing Windows technology. Allstate Insurance became the largest purchaser of NCs ever this year. The company, however, is not using its IBM NC network to run Java applications. Instead, the Allstate system runs Unix programs and Windows NT, according to an IBM spokesman."
"Sun JavaStation ships, quietly"
news.com
- "At the JavaOne conference today, Sun Microsystems announced the commercial availability of its JavaStation network computer (NC) in subdued, almost muted tones."
- "Pricing for a JavaStation with 32MB of memory is $699, including a keyboard and mouse. Monitors and software are sold separately."
Adding a 14' monitor, it would be more expensive than those sub-$1000 PCs.
"JavaStation nostalgia"
news.com
- "The JavaStation's time has passed. It is only with collectors that the company will turn a profit."
YuanQing, |
