“In the Wednesday afternoon keynote here at Fall Internet World
’99, Ellison said — as he has dutifully for at least the last two
years – that the client/server model is dead. Really dead…”
“Among other things, he said that, rumors to the contrary, the
network computer is not dead. In fact, Oracle is poised to announce
the formation of a new venture that will build $150 network
computers.”
“Though not based on the original NC design, the forthcoming
devices will run the Linux operating system and feature Netscape
Communications Corp.’s Navigator browser, Advanced Micro Devices
Inc.’s K6-2 chip, 64MB of RAM, a 56K-bps modem and built-in
Ethernet. The devices will boot up from a CD ROM.“