AT A GLANCE: Centralized management for desktops is lowering total cost of ownership by as much as 25 percent. Low-cost, sealed, thin-profile desktop machines could bring minor additional savings.
WHO SUPPORTS IT: Major proponents of centralized management include Microsoft, Intel, Sun, HP, and IBM. Manufacturers of NetPCs include Compaq (Deskpro 4000n NetPC), Packard Bell NEC (NetPC), and HP (netVectra). NC manufacturers include Sun Microsystems (JavaStation) and IBM (Network Station).
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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