The company will soon convert another 25 employees from personal to
network computers, said Randy Lewis, Jerell's manager of information technology.
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Network computers, known as dumb terminals, can increase a company's control over how systems are used by sealing out unnecessary use.
Today the
network computer is a standardized product with a growing following of vendors and users alike.
Ellison said this
network computer would do word processing, high-quality video conferencing and e-mail, and that other applications might be written for it.
Having re-worked its software for Java and the internet, Star fared little better with the deals it signed to run StarOffice on
network computers with Sun and Oracle Corp's
Network Computer Inc (since renamed Liberate Technologies).
Liberate Technologies Inc, the company that until two days ago was known as
Network Computer Inc, has confirmed to us that the company has not used Java in any of its consumer products before and has only used it in its
network computer administration server.
Target platforms include WebTV and
Network Computer Inc devices, the Palm III and other PDAs running Windows CE.
The comments represent a return to a familiar stomping ground for Ellison, internet/intranet-based computing being the concept behind the ill-fated
network computer. Interestingly, Ellison's reported comments gave few technical details about his brave new world would be achieved; he made no mention of what operating system and browser software people would be using to access his web-based paradise.
Tektronix Inc, Wilsonville, Oregon
network computer, printing and measurement company, has reported a second-quarter net loss of $85.9m on revenue down 18.3% at $432.2m, up from a loss of $21.2m in the year-ago period.
As if to provide proof that its new, software-supplier strategy is the way to go,
Network Computer Inc (NCI) has persuaded Fujitsu to license its NC Navigator.
The
network computer world is still largely a proprietary one however.
