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		dpapathanasiou on May 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on ... This is the fifth attempt, if you count Oracle's Network Computer from the late 1990s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Computer

bad_user on May 13, 2011 [–]

The NC was a thin-client, where apps would run over the network.

There have been lots of thin-clients around.

hernan7 on May 13, 2011 | [–]

Yes, the NC (or at least the models I saw back in the day) was basically an X Windows station with a Java engine bolted on.

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