US Report: Sun Cuts NC Prices, Hopes JavaStation Will Shine
News IBM's Network Station 1000 -- the closest hardware to Sun's JavaStation -- currently has a list price of about £700 in the UK. Sun is currently focusing on showcase customers using the JavaStation. It has also begun discussing the network business...
[December 5, 1998, 7:41]
Sun To Ship JavaStation, But Is It Too Late?
News The JavaStation should see the light of day by the end of the month as a widely available commercial product. Many industry watchers believe that JavaStation's time may have come and gone while it sat on the R&D conveyor belt.
[March 6, 1998, 10:59]
Will SunRay Do A JavaStation?
News The first, the JavaStation, was a complete flop because it failed to deliver the performance, applications and ease of use that Sun promised. But we had to do execution of the code at the [JavaStation] desktop.
[September 8, 1999, 11:11]
US Report: Don't Pull The NC Plug Yet
News IBM's Network Station 1000--the closest hardware to Sun's JavaStation--currently lists at around $1,000 (£600). Sun is currently focusing on "design wins" with the JavaStation and has partnered with systems integrators in retail, finance...
[December 2, 1998, 6:25]
US Special Report: Intel And IBM Do Java
News Meanwhile, Sun will ship a new version of its JavaStation later this year and is also looking for ways to partner with IBM to drive JavaStations into the market. Late this year Sun plans to release a new version of the JavaStation that Tirado...
[April 22, 1998, 8:55]
A Year Ago: Friction Behind AOL-Netscape-Sun Deal
News Sun and Netscape were counting on the Java browser to boost popularity of Sun's JavaStation and of Java in general. Netscape had promised to port its Navio browser to Sun's JavaStation, which was announced in October of 1996, resulting in an e-mail...
[May 10, 2000, 7:01]
Friction Behind AOL-Netscape-Sun Deal
News Sun and Netscape were counting on the Java browser to boost popularity of Sun's JavaStation and of Java in general. Netscape had promised to port its Navio browser to Sun's JavaStation, which was announced in October of 1996, resulting in an e-mail...
[May 10, 1999, 8:48]
McNealy Touts Sun-Linux 'purple Box' Desktops
News The JavaStation, a desktop computer touted by Sun in the late '90s, generated lots of talk but few sales. One key problem with JavaStation and other thin clients is that they aren't independent computers.
[September 20, 2002, 8:03]
Arif Mohamed's Weekend Diary
News Today was full on at the PCDN office: Sun pitched the JavaStation and NC concept at Ziff Towers to an audience who'd heard it all before, Microsoft made cooing noises over Java like it's their baby and there was news of a very neat $10, 20Mb...
[November 16, 1996, 7:00]
Microsoft Counters NC With Device Of Its Own
News The device is expected to be a sub-£600 Windows-based machine and will compete with Network Computers such as Sun's much-hyped JavaStation, which will be announced tomorrow. Microsoft's partners are expected to include Hewlett-Packard which has...
[October 28, 1996, 14:12]
App Auto-translates Oracle Programs To NCs
News Database software kingpin Oracle this week showcased Web technology it claims will convert all existing Oracle-based applications to run on Network Computers including Sun's JavaStation, and Java-enabled browsers.
[November 7, 1996, 8:48]
Cyrix-based NetPC To Debut In January
News Sherry said that the NetPC design will have much greater near-term appeal than Java-based devices such as Sun's diskless JavaStation, announced this week. Based on a specially developed Cyrix CPU, the first system available will be from an...
[October 31, 1996, 11:51]
A Year Ago: Cyrix-based Net PC To Debut In January
News Sherry said that the Net PC design will have much greater near-term appeal than Java-based devices such as Sun's diskless JavaStation, announced this week. The first systems that follow the Microsoft-backed Net PC platform will be available in...
[October 31, 1997, 8:46]
Sun Bundles Apps Suite With NC
News The suite is Anyware Office from US developer Applix. It includes a word processor, 3D spreadsheet, e-mail client and data querying tool, and is aimed at corporate intranet users. Applix claims the suite is even more economical on system...
[November 8, 1996, 9:39]
News Burst: Sun Takes Another Shot At The PC
News Sun is positioning Sun Ray (formerly code-named Corona) as a disposable appliance, like the telephone, that requires no software upgrades and no changes to existing applications. In fact, Sun Ray runs no local software at all.
[September 8, 1999, 9:19]
