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To: Bear Dolbair who wrote (8354)	3/15/1998 11:01:00 AM
From: Bear Dolbair	Respond to of 64865

CyberCarnage: Everything We Own Is Obsolete ncworldmag.com ncworldmag.com "But there is a problem with the equipment and software we are using. Everything we purchased is obsolete. Everything we installed is obsolete. Every piece of hardware. Every piece of software. All the mainframes, all the servers, all the Personal Computers (PCs), all the network equipment, all the cable, all the modems -- they are not going to meet the needs of the next generation of computing. Write off our investment in systems, training, services, and consulting. Everything has to be done all over again. But we knew it was coming. This CyberCarnage that will decimate our IS investment. The paradigm shift from the cloistered halls of mainframe systems to the avant-garde freedom of minicomputer computing is history. So is the paradigm of personal productivity computing. The PC has become a problem, a very costly progenitor of frustration. And the paradigm shift from PCs to client/server computing? It's not the answer. The Wintel Alliance may want you to put a micro mainframe on every desk -- and they may expect you to tie them together with every more complex networks. But we know that strategy will not work. Not in the long run. It's far too expensive. And too damn risky. Because the next paradigm shift is happening. Right now. And it will change everything."

To: Bear Dolbair who wrote (8354)	3/15/1998 3:13:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Regarding Network Computers' Dirty Little Secret, it seems I am not the only one who thinks IBM and Sun aren't particularly bright when the issue is deployment. What are they thinking, that Java-based NCs are so glaringly superior that they need only sit on their hands and watch them fly out the door? Here's a good one: IBM's eSuite editor doesn't have a spelling checker. Now we know what happened to all of those erstwhile East German bureaucrats, they're kicking back at IBM as team leaders on the eSuite development effort. That's inexcusable and those responsible should be canned immediately since they have no business being within 100 miles of an applications development effort. Really though, what takes the cake in terms of their inability to see ten feet in front of them is the fact that IBM's Visual Age and Sun's Java Workstation are far behind the lowly PC tool vendors in terms of usability and value. They should be the best, period, and they should be free, period. If Microsoft succeeds with J++ 6.0 then you can say goodnight to smooth transition away from PCs to NCs. Microsoft knows how important it is to keep the software development community under the Windows banner and they will do whatever it takes to achieve that up to and including giving the damn stuff away. They will make their money back later a thousand times over. If Sun, IBM and Oracle are to knock out Windows (at it can be done quite easily as Gates is already aware) they need to cooperate and above all THINK!