• Which Technologies Are Importa...

*Result*: Which Technologies Are Important?

Title:
Which Technologies Are Important?
Authors:
Stahlman, Mark
Source:
Black Book - Network Computing: The Next Wave. 1988, p19-22. 4p. 1 Diagram.
Subject Terms:
*TECHNOLOGY, *NETWORK PC (Computer), *COMPUTER operating systems, RISC microprocessors, REDUCED instruction set computers, MICROPROCESSORS, UNIX operating systems, GRAPHICAL user interfaces
Database:
Business Source Premier

*Further Information*

*The article discusses certain technology options that are emerging as potential network computing leaders. A permanent improvement in price and performance of 2x to 4x relative to other microprocessors are offered by RISC-based microprocessor designs. UNIX is becoming as the operating system for network computing because it has extraordinary multi-vendor support. Display Postscript graphics user interfaces will probably outperform earlier efforts.*