Re: Network Computers from Oracle
In article <6g4g5u$n83@camel15.mindspring.com>, John Smith <abc@123.com> writes >Folks, > >I wanted to start a thread to talk about NC's. Am I dreaming or do I have >an 'NC' on my desk in the form of an X-Terminal? This product seems like a >joke to me, and I can't believe that it has any marketplace viability. What >do these things do that I am missing? I saw a quote on quote.yahoo.com as I >was checking investments that absolutely cracked me up and prompted this >post. Here is the text: > >"Still, even though NC hardware has not been popular, the concept of network >computing -- low-cost PCs asking big central computers to handle their >computations -- has taken off. This type of centralized computing makes its >easier for big companies to manage networks of thousands of computers, so >lots of developers are concentrating their efforts on network computing, >Dataquest said." > >Has taken off? Is this not the old dumb terminal-mainframe environment that >has been around longer than I have. Xterms do the same thing and have been Nope. XTerms have a GUI interface. You know point and click, graphics e.g. fonts in Word, piecharts, graphs etc. WYSIWYG.. X Terminals have been around for a long time. It's just that when they first came out they were too expensive. Now the hardware is cheap, everyone has forgottena about X Terminals allowing MIcro$oft to grab mindshare... Of course, now people want everything run of the server new products l like Citrix have come along. Microsoft recently bought Citrix to replace Hydra. It is basically a client/server protocol where most of the software runs on the server and just the display runs on the client. Gee! Sounds like X-Windows to me, just X-Windows has been around much longer and is more mature!! >developed on for years. It will be a good 10 years before NC's can take off >in the public because you will need a T1 to your house to be able to run >one. > >My comment is: Let Ellison push this hard - devote all your company's >resources to this endeavor!!! This is Informix's mistimed Universal Server >for Oracle! Now that Informix is back on track, they have a real >opportunity to beat up on Oracle. NC's for all!!! > > >James Saville >BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. > > > > > -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care