Weighing the case for the network computer.
In 1997, the bosses of Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and IBM will attempt to prove that “network computers”—stripped-down computers linked to a network that holds most of their software and data—will shortly overtake the prevalent personal computer (PC). They are grounding their case mainly on an econo...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 342; pp. 61 - 63 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
January 18 1997
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