NCs are the natural evolution of PCs, ubiquitous computers everywhere. The current vision of NCs requires two improbable developments: (1) inexpensive high-bandwidth WAN links to the Internet, and (2) inexpensive centralized servers. The large NC bandwidth requirements will force each home or office to have a local server LAN attached to the NCs. These servers will be much less expensive to purchase and manage than a centralized solution. Centralized staff are expensive and unresponsive.
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@article{arxiv.cs/9809007,
title = {Locally Served Network Computers},
author = {Jim Gray},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/9809007},
year = {2007}
}
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Original document at: http://research.microsoft.com/~gray/NC_Servers.doc