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The wild card that might preclude Microsoft's Eclipse isn't a revolutionary online approach or a blockbuster acquisition. Rather, it might emerge from the global rise of a new category of computer, the ultra-low-cost PC, or ULPC. This category combines attributes of feature-laden personal computers with network-dependent thin clients to deliver either a "best of both worlds" or an acceptable performance compromise, depending on your perspective.