The micro-computer makers have been re-inventing the wheel for quite a while. Most things so new and wonderful on our PCs today was done over thirty years ago on mainframes. Only the boxes are a lot smaller and cheaper.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Boyko Bantchev <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5 May 2011 15:46, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds like Apple might be trying to address the file naming and access > > problem in cloud computing. Could this also include accessing other > > resources beyond files such as computing resources? > > Don't know about Apple's plans, but hasn't this problem already > been solved 20 years ago in the Plan 9 o.s.? > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs#Design_concepts) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
