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Re: The end of the PC
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:52:05 +0000
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Anticpate PC manufacturers to start buying up "PC connectivity" companies
like WRQ & Minisoft?

On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Wirt Atmar wrote:

> The reason that Michael Dell (and others) have been so opposed to the idea of
> PCs being used as simple terminals (whether web-based or not) is that such a
> move puts a greater premium on low cost, where margins are extremely thin for
> the PC manufacturers, than it does on constantly increasing performance in the
> devices themselves. The PC only has to be fast enough to create its various
> displays sufficiently quickly.

Tracy Johnson
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