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NetPC

NetPC is a standard for diskless PCs, developed by Microsoft and Intel as a competing standard to the Network Computer standard, because many NCs did not use Intel CPUs or Microsoft software. Network Computer was launched by Oracle Corporation in the mid-1990s.

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NetPC is a standard for diskless PCs, developed by Microsoft and Intel as a competing standard to the Network Computer standard, because many NCs did not use Intel CPUs or Microsoft software.¹ Network Computer was launched by Oracle Corporation in the mid-1990s.

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Cheaper Computing, Part I Archived 2007-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Byte magazine, April 1997.