> >The best place to process and retrieve data is -- and always has been -- on
> >the host, particularly so in a commercial environment.
> >
> >This particular article is at:
> >
> >     http://www.abcnews.com:80/sections/tech/CNET/cnet_pcnc981125.html
> >
> >It's worth reading twice, in order to let the weight of what these people
> are
> >saying sink in... [snip'd the rest]
> >
> I have to disagree here.  I don't think the PC as we know it will disappear.
It may evolve into a more capable Internet access tool, BUT the
existing
functions of on desk word processing, spread sheet and other
local
applications indicate that most of the computers sold will need
significant
local power.  Add to this printing from digital cameras, more
demanding
games and voice recognition and the requirement for a more
powerful PC
is there.  Then we talk about computerized appliances.  We will
probably
want to centralize control for these.  Another demand on the PC.
Sure the
present PC manufacturers may branch off into computerized
appliances and
Internet only thin clients, but that in no way means the death of
the PC.

Nick D.