<s>
NetPC	B-Device
is	O
a	O
standard	O
for	O
diskless	B-Device
PCs	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Intel	O
as	O
a	O
competing	O
standard	O
to	O
the	O
Network	B-Operating_System
Computer	I-Operating_System
standard	O
,	O
because	O
many	O
NCs	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
Intel	O
CPUs	B-General_Concept
or	O
Microsoft	O
software	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Network	B-Operating_System
Computer	I-Operating_System
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
