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I think you'll find that Ellison's "vision" of network computing was literally acquired when Oracle bought Sun Microsystems. Sun's fifth employee, John Gage, co

I think you'll find that Ellison's "vision" of network computing was literally acquired when Oracle bought Sun Microsystems. Sun's fifth employee, John Gage, coined the phrase "the network is the computer" in 1984 [0]. Ken Olsen (Digital Equipment Corp) is also reputed to have shared this view as far back as 1987 [1]. [0] https://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/334210/pictures-remember-rise-fall-sun-microsystems/ https://www.computerworld.com.au/slideshow/334210/pictures-r... [1] https://slidex.tips/download/don-t-forget-the-network https://slidex.tips/download/don-t-forget-the-network EDITED to fix URL [1]

wisecommentator 8y ago
>I think you'll find that Ellison's "vision" of network computing was literally acquired when Oracle bought Sun Microsystems. That’s incorrect. Acquisition of Sun cane much later. “Network is the computer” is very different from Ellison’s Network Computing because in Ellison’s vision complexity is centralized and end-user devices are glorified dumb terminals which is very different from Sun’s “Network is the computer”
- the_duke 8y ago
  You know, most PR firms operate with a bit more subtelty.