Ultra Low-Cost PCs Redraw the OS Wars
Greg Goth · IEEE Distributed Systems Online · 2008
The wild card that might preclude Microsoft's Eclipse isn't a revolutionary online approach or a blockbuster acquisition. Rather, it might emerge from the global rise of a new category of computer, the ultra-low-cost PC, or ULPC. This category combines attributes of feature-laden personal computers with network-dependent thin clients to deliver either a "best of both worlds" or an acceptable performance compromise, depending on your perspective.