虽然 Oracle 总裁Larry Ellison 在 Comdex大会上宣布,PC 即将面临衰退,但是商业用户与消费者仍然需要在本地机器上运行他们最基本的一些应用程序。而且这些应用最主要的平台仍然是 Windows PC。虽然越来越多的计算转向 Web,但是“网络计算”模式的前景仍然不明朗。当然,当网络随时随地都能访问时,网络计算(主要通过类似于办公或家用电器这样的设备来完成)依然会有很大的用处。例如 Although Oracle president Larry Ellison announced at the Comdex conference that the PC is in the doldrums, business users and consumers still need to run some of their most basic applications on their local machine. And the main platform for these applications is still Windows PC. Although more and more computing is turning to the Web, the future of the “network computing” model remains uncertain. Of course, when the network is accessible anytime, anywhere, network computing (done mainly through devices like office or home appliances) can still be of great use. E.g