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To: Mark Orsi who wrote (3367)	12/21/1997 4:32:00 PM
From: Mark Orsi	Respond to of 4453

Bad Press: zdnet.com@101b.html "NC = NUISANCE CRASH Fall Comdex didn't go well for network computers for other reasons. IBM Corp. put 10 of its NCs in the press room, to show off. But reporters were not impressed when the machines kept crashing. Ostensible reasons: Reporters tried to download software that gummed up the network server; and that server used obsolete Pentium chips, when it needed more powerful Pentium Pros. After the Atlanta Olympics, you'd think IBM would have learned about demos of new technology at big events, one journalistic wag noted." Anyone see the demo?

To: Mark Orsi who wrote (3367)	12/22/1997 1:40:00 PM
From: Jim Henke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4453

Mark, Well both Gupta and the editor don't seem to know what they are talking about. The editor makes a statement that NCD "shipped more than 400,000 thin clients through OEMs like IBM, Sun and Novell" Anyone see the Novell thin client? Are we to believe NCD is building Sun's JavaStation? NCD doesn't sell "X terminals". They sell thin clients that can deal with X, and other, protocols. I think it's safe to say NCD shipped 200K thin clients. Most of them will probably be used with X protocol and maybe some will be used with Java. Jim