Demystifying Java for Intranets: slide 31

Thin client or "Network Computer"

• Oracle/SUN scheme to beat wintel monopoly?
• Dead idea?
• Why?
• "Gartner Group says 40% of enterprises will deploy NC's for some uses by 1999" unverified
• Old 486 machines running a browser can deliver high quality client functionality.
• and keep an eye on Corel Computer
• also worth playing with: Virtual Network Computer