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From: mohta@necom830.cc.titech.junet (Masataka Ohta)
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Subject: Re: TRON (a little long)
Keywords: Japan, TRON, standards, networks, operating systems
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Date: 17 Jun 89 10:55:55 GMT
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In article <382@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>
	jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney) writes:

>The goal of TRON is to develop a wide-ranging collection of standards
>for use in a very comprehensive distributed network

TRON was supported by many vendors because it prevent NEC from
monopolizing the government's computer market for education. As
NEC's PC9801 (msdos 8086 machine) was the only usable machine
when department of education was choosing the machine for education,
other vendors cooperated and promoted TRON as their standard.

TRON have surely succeeded to delay the final decision and many
vendors are now ready with their own MSDOS machines.

Partly because of the above fact and partly because TRON can not
achieve its promised (but impossible) goal yet, TRON is no longer
a requirement for educational computers. MSDOS is OK.

Thus, TRON has finished its political role.

>Whether the TRON standards are good or bad, the project's scale, and
>results to date, make it certain that it will have some impact.

Bad standards will have bad impacts.

>*WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEEM TO CARE?*

MOST JAPANESE RESEARCHERS DO NOT CARE EITHER. WE USE UNIX.

>6. Other?

1) TRON is ugly and bad standard in all respect.

2) It is my impression that TRON itself dose not want open discussion
   with knowledgeable people. It prefers an average people (like
   average CNN watchers) who can be easily deceived.

				Masataka Ohta

				mohta%cc.titech.junet@relay.cs.net

PS

I don't like MSDOS, but it is far better than TRON.