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To: Richard Habib who wrote (6525)	11/25/1997 1:22:00 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

This is my whole point about the NCs. The idea is not new. In the unix (ie. Rhapsody) world "dumb remotes" or "thin clients" (ie NCs) have been around forever. The idea is that you have a server that has all the processing power and storage. The remote terminals (which are super cheap) have just what they need to get by - a screen and minimal memory. Years ago graphic intensive GUIs became available for unix but the dumb terminals could not handle the graphics. However, with the advancements in hardware it is now possible to have dumb remotes that can handle a graphic intensive operating system. Hence it is time for Graphic Intensive NC systems to be manufactured. Oracle loves this because they make their money by selling server based databases. The thing that's confusing is that the ads should not be run until NCs are available in great numbers. One would assume that would be in the first part of next year as far as Apple is concerned. I just saw Mr. Dell on TV talking about how big their server business is. I just got their catalogue. Not a word about NCs. Oracle can't be branding because you need a product to brand. It is senseless to send people to the store for a product that is not there. I can only assume this was part of a big product roll-out plan that fell through at the last minute and the spots were already paid for.