15 Nov
2002
15 Nov
'02
11:59 p.m.
Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
As for Network Computer, I think one hand it was badly marketed, and on the other hand, there was very little benefit of moving to that platform. The savings at each client was minimum and that power demand requirement added on the server side was too much. Sun based its NC strategy on "Anit-Microsoft" platform rather on user needs and benefits.
I believe the "network is the computer" will sooner or later come true. The reason is CPU time is becoming a commodity ( look @ Grid Computing ) and bandwidth costs are coming down slowly but surely.
--> Vinayak Hegde