IBM Nixes Net PC
JAMES MICHAEL KUSACK (KUSACK@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU)
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 20:25:23 -0400
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 20:25:23 -0400
Message-Id: <970909202651.202bc8b9@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU>
From: JAMES MICHAEL KUSACK <KUSACK@SCSUD.CTSTATEU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: IBM Nixes Net PC
IBM NIXES NET PCs
Three months after demonstrating a prototype, IBM now says it won't pursue
the NetPC market after all. The NetPC is a stripped down version of a
desktop computer, priced at around $1,000 and based on Intel microprocessors
and Microsoft operating software. "There was a herd mentality about NetPCs
and now we see some of the breakup of the herd," says the president of a
Washington, D.C.-based computer consulting firm. IBM says its customers
have indicated they'd prefer to spend a little more money and get the
network and software management features found on full-fledged PCs. With
hardware prices continuing to fall, "nobody can give a compelling reason why
a NetPC makes sense," says one PC vendor. (Wall Street Journal 8 Sep 97)
-- from Edupage
[Whew. That was close.]
JMK