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8/96 News: Recap
Apple, Oracle, Sun, IBM and Netscape sent out their big guns to outline highly optimistic plans for network computers-and those plans definitely don't involve Microsoft. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison predicted greater demand for Internet and e-mail boxes than for full-scale PCs.
Once at the forefront of the Windows 95 migration, Corel is getting some versions of its WordPerfect products written in native Java code. The products will ship later this year-just as network computers gather momentum, the company says.
Microsoft announced Internet Explorer Administration Kit, which allows corporate IS managers, ISPs and content providers to create customized versions of the company's browser.
Convergence technology is gathering steam: A new survey from CEMA shows almost 82 percent of all adults will watch cable or network programs on their PC/TV, while upward of 60 percent will use the same machine for word processing.
One- time online service leader CompuServe, which now trails rival AOL in membership, plans to wholeheartedly embrace open standards Internet technology and wean itself off proprietary architecture.
Wang Labs and Visioneer reached an agreement that will bring together the former's imaging software for Windows 95 and the latter's scanning desktop device, the PaperPort.
AST shipped the first fully featured multimedia PC-including Win95, 486/66 processor, 8MB of memory, sound card, 14.4Kbps modem and 4X CD-ROM drive-for under $1,000. It's available only from Wal-Mart.
Microsoft shipped Beta 2 of NT Server 4.0. Meanwhile, Dell became what it claims is the first vendor to offer a "comprehensive" upgrade program for customers moving to NT Workstation 4.0-at no additional charge.
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