Steve said : >It looks like the * distributed O/S and applications * might be where it's > all headed. You'll be able to wonder around the house ( or work ) > with a laptop that has nothing but an LCD and keyboard / > mouse / modem / x-megs of ram . . . . . you'll plug in ( for power ) >and connect to the * master * , who will have all of your * apps * > stored on-line . >I wonder if the servers name will be * HAL * ? Sort of spooky : - ( More spooky than you may think if this happened:-) Did you ever wonder where Arthur C Clark got the name HAL from? Try this. Move each letter in the name HAL one place further along the alphabet. :-) Too bad for Sun that the name wasn't RTM. RM ____________________________ What can one man do? Help the hungry at no cost to yourself! at http://www.thehungersite.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Steve Kelley To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Sunday, 26 September 1999 01:26 Subject: Re: R[OT]FL - Sun invents the mainframe computer It looks like the * distributed O/S and applications * might be where it's all headed. You'll be able to wonder around the house ( or work ) with a laptop that has nothing but an LCD and keyboard / mouse / modem / x-megs of ram . . . . . you'll plug in ( for power ) and connect to the * master * , who will have all of your * apps * stored on-line . I wonder if the servers name will be * HAL * ? Sort of spooky : - ( Regards . . . . Steve Kelley Protobyte Inc. info@protobyte.com -----Original Message----- From: Russell McMahon To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 3:26 AM Subject: R[OT]FL - Sun invents the mainframe computer Sun "Sun Ray 1 network appliance" I thought it must be April 1st up there in the Northern hemisphere but apparently not :-) I'm still not sure that they are not pulling my leg. Talk about full circle. Sorry, no PICs here - but a top end PIC would be just about good enough :-) NO local computing whatsoever. 8M RAM No local storage RM PS For the young - look up the following words in a computer dictionary. It looks like they are going to prove useful (again) Dumb terminal. Main frame. Dinosaur. _______________________________________ http://www.sun.com/sunray1/feature.html and http://www.sun.com/products/sunray1/whitepapers/aberdeen/;$sessionid$PIY1VBQ AAEJYBAMUVFZE45Q The ideal appliance solution for enterprise workgroups. 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