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Acorn Computers - Network Computers 1 When BBC Two|BBC2's The Money Programme screened an interview with Larry Ellison in October 1995, Acorn Online Media Managing Director Malcolm Bird realised that Ellison's network computer was, basically, an Acorn set-top box.[ Five Go Nuts in Cambridge], Wired UK magazine 2.09, September 1996 After initial discussions between Oracle Corporation and Olivetti, Hauser and Acorn a few weeks later, Bird was dispatched to San Francisco with Acorn's latest Set Top Box

Acorn Computers - Network Computers 1 Ellison was expecting to announce the NC in February Sophie Wilson was put in charge of the NC project, and by mid- November a draft NC specification was ready. By January 1996 the formal details of the contract between Acorn and Oracle had been worked out, and the PCB was designed and ready to be put into production. In February 1996 Acorn Network Computing was founded. In August 1996 it launched the Acorn Network Computer.

Acorn Computers - Network Computers 1 It was hoped that the Network Computer would create a significant new sector in which Acorn Network Computing would be a major player, either selling its own products or earning money from licence fees paid by other manufacturers for the right to produce their own NCs.

Apple Pippin - Network Computer Platform 1 Katz Media attempted to use the network computer platform concept as a way to push the Pippin into vertical markets

Network Computer 1 The 'Network Computer' (or 'NC') was a diskless node|diskless desktop computer device made by Oracle Corporation from approximately 1996 to The devices were designed and manufactured by an alliance, which included Sun Microsystems, IBM, and others. The devices were designed with minimum specifications, based on the Network Computer Reference Profile. The brand was also employed as a marketing term to try to popularize this design of computer within enterprise and among consumers.

Network Computer 1 However, due to the commoditization of standard desktop components, and due to the increasing availability and popularity of various software options for using full desktops as diskless nodes, thin clients, and hybrid clients, the Network Computer brand never achieved the popularity hoped for by Oracle and was eventually :wikt:mothball#Verb|mothballed.

Network Computer 1 The term network computer is now used for any diskless node|diskless desktop computer or a thin client.

Network Computer - Reference Profile 1 The initial Network Computing standard, the Network Computer Reference Profile (NCRef), required that all 'NC' appliances supported HTML, Java virtual machine|Java, HTTP, JPEG, and other key standards.

Network Computer - NC extensions 1 *[ stds/x98nd.htm Enterprise Network Computer Product Standard] (January 1999)

Network Computer - Acorn Network Computer 1 The Acorn Network Computer was Oracle's initial reference implementation of the NC. Its development was subcontracted to British company Acorn Computers,

Network Computer - Macintosh NC 1 In 1997 Apple announced the Mac NC, its attempt to develop the Apple Pippin|Pippin into a network computer platform. By the end of 1997, Steve Jobs discontinued all Macintosh clone efforts, effectively killing the Pippin, although key components of the Mac NC technology were inherited by the original iMac.

Network Computer - Contemporary analogy 1 A large contribution to this transition was attributed to Eric Schmidt, once the chief technical officer|CTO of Sun Microsystems, a proponent of the network computer, who eventually became the CEO of Google

Acorn Network Computer 1 The 'Acorn Network Computer' was a network computer designed and manufactured by Acorn Computers Ltd. It was the implementation of the Network Computer Reference Profile that Oracle Corporation commissioned Acorn to specify for network computers (for more detail on the history, see Acorn_Computers_Ltd#Network_Computers| Acorn's Network Computer). Sophie Wilson of Acorn led the effort. It was launched in August

Acorn Network Computer - Later versions 1 The second generation Network Computer operating system was no longer based on RISC OS, and instead consisted of NetBSD code. Later NCs were produced based on the Intel Pentium (brand)|Pentium architecture.

Network Computer Reference Profile 1 'Network Computer Reference Profile' ('NC reference profle', 'NCRP') was a specification for a network computer put forward by Oracle Corporation, endorsed by Sun Microsystems, IBM, Apple Computer, and Netscape, and finalized in

Network Computer Reference Profile - NC1 1 Thus, an ordinary personal computer (PC) having all the required features, could technically be classified as a Network Computer; indeed, Sun noted that contemporary PCs did indeed meet the NC reference requirements.[ ss/sunflash/mncrs-profile.html IBM Network Station: Reference Profile]

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