Many in the computer industry say corporations are shifting away from using big mainframe computers for what is known as client-server computing.
Mainframe computers can be used in client-server computing, a fast-growing segment of the industry, though they are coming to play a lesser role.
That's why both companies are looking to the market for client-server computing.
The foundations for this new form of client-server computing are claimed to be found in the following System 10 vision.
The boom in client-server computing has also buoyed some software houses.
While client-server computing might be fine for a small department, some corporations are hesitant about applying it to the whole corporation.
That has led to another idea for profiting from client-server computing.
Intel sees this as a key development in the proliferation of client-server computing.
And while client-server computing seems to be the way technology is going, customers are eager for a clearer set of directions.
But the rise of the personal computer and client-server computing in the 80's diverted software designers.