Encyclopedia of Computer Science
GTCOM: a network-based platform for hosting on-demand desktop computing
APPT'07 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Advanced parallel processing technologies
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This article describes how, with a new type of machine called the network computer, or NC, a group of upstarts wants to muscle in on the personal computer's turf. The author examines whether this type of computer, designed from the outset to work on a network, can topple the PC's dominance of the workplace and details how the masterminds behind the PC are fighting back-with the even newer NetPC