FOCUS ON NETWORK COMPUTING Discussing advances in network computing Norbert Dawalibi, vice-president of software and network computing at IBM Canada Ltd., explains significant issues.

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"Not really. The Internet is standardizing the way people interact with computers. It's important to have an open standard -- and that's the Internet. Imagine if every business had its own design for the telephone. No one would be able to communicate with the outside world. The Internet has become hi-tech's equivalent of the standard telephone."