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Gone by way of the net PC? How can something be "gone by way of" if it
hasn't even been released mainstream yet? The closest thing to a net PC the
mainstream market has seen is the iMac and look what that did for Apple. I
saw a fuzzy black and white picture of a netPC prototype being developed by
Intel once a year or so ago but that's all I've heard about them. There's
really no mainstream software or serious applications that would make it
appealing to people. The world's too entrenched in regular computer
technology for the netPC's of today to be effetive. But that will change.
To really take off, net PC's need a faster, more stable infrastructure than
today's Internet. 56K modems just don't offer enough speed and badnwidth to
make them feasible. But new, inexpensive modems that rival speeds of T2
lines (and who knows what else 2-3 years out) will make this less of an
issue. Greater Internet bandwidth will offer seamless connectivity and
service. It will take awhile for the PC industry to build the
infrastructure but as the Internet becomes faster, easier to use, and
generally more popular (read upcoming generations), companies will realize
the advantages of modular software from their servers rather than monolithic
apps from boxes. It will offer consumers more convenience, potentially less
cost and waste, better, easier and more effective avenues of marketing, and
allow the companies more control over piracy all of which will significantly
boost profits.
I mean which do you prefer? Calling Omega for the latest patch which they
then ship on disk, or downloading it from their web site? Maybe this is why
Egghead is selling more software online than they do in their stores.
This will require a big shift in the way people think about computers but
business will set it up so that consumers really don't have a choice. And
Microsoft will lead the way.
-----Original Message-----
From: Johanson, Roy [mailto:johro03@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 8:34 AM
To: 'omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: The permanent dongle...
Probably more than a few years. This will go the way of the 3270
terminal.....and net pc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Massey [SMTP:bnm03@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 11:31 AM
To: List, Omega
Subject: The permanent dongle...
"By providing a thin-client solution in which applications are
executed on
the server and
remotely displayed on the client, Terminal Server Edition enables a
whole
new segment of users to take advantage of the breadth of
Windows-based
applications available today."
Software piracy will be a thing of the past once Microsoft
implements this
strategy for selling and distributing software. Computers will be
little
more than dumb terminals that receive modules devlivered from a
company
server. Bill Gates has seen his window of opportunity and he's
going for
it.
But don't trash your conventional PC just yet, it will take a few
years to
implement.
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