No matter what NC you choose, you won't be trapped in a single operating architecture. The only limitations on which software will be able to run on which NC will be determined by the manufacturers themselves. And that's where the software wars could emerge - if Sun and Oracle make their forthcoming NCs incompatible with Windows applications, it will be because Sun and Oracle don't want you to run Windows applications. Winning public support may be the NC-makers' biggest challenge. People are naturally suspicious of things that are managed by some other organization.
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