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To: seth thomas who wrote (54)	11/24/1997 9:41:00 PM
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<<Who bought them? Who made them? What are they being used for?>> Hi Steven, Check out these links and the NC WORLD site. Regards, Kurt P. Avis plans to install 200 Viewpoint TCs at 84 sites by the end of the year. University of North London installs NCs ncworldmag.com The answers to the question regarding who is most likely to use an NC represented one of the most interesting shifts in poll. Clerical and administrative users remains at the top at 60 percent. But the number of people who thought the NC would replace the PC for many users edged into second place at 40 percent from 36 percent in January. ncworldmag.com The purpose of the study was to determine the best environment fits for NC-based networks. Upon completion of the pilots, each company plans to implement the NCs in some capacity in some departments. The NC experienced the most success with public utility companies and manufacturers, both of whom are moving full speed ahead with NC implementation. ncworldmag.com NC Vendors Welcome to our ever-growing list of vendors of core NC products and services! Current count: 186 major players. ncworldmag.com

To: seth thomas who wrote (54)	11/24/1997 11:19:00 PM
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ottawacitizen.com In 1996, worldwide shipments of network computers and other scaled-down computing devices totalled 258,106 units, according to figures compiled by Zona Research Inc., a computer industry market research firm based in California. Factory revenues were $429.8 million U.S. But the commercial market for NCs will hit 6.7 million units in 2000 from 1.7 million units this year, forecasts Zona analyst Greg Blatnick. The total market for consumer NCs will "explode" to more than 70 million units in 2000 from two million units in 1997, he says. In a small survey of corporate buyers that Zona did last month, however, only 15 per cent said they planned to deploy NCs or similar machines. Although they won't openly admit it, many NC producers are also positioning their wares as the product of choice for companies preparing to replace an estimated 30 million to 40 million "dumb"(text-only) computer terminals by 2002.