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From: kennel@mickey.cognet.ucla.edu (Matthew Kennel)
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Subject: Re: TRON (a little long)
Keywords: Japan, TRON, standards, networks, operating systems
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Date: 20 Jun 89 17:19:54 GMT
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In article <382@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney) writes:
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>[The Japanese will be taking over with TRON]
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>*WHY DOESN'T ANYONE SEEM TO CARE?*
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>I do have some theories.  Which one do you think is right?
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>1. It's a Japanese project, not relevant outside Japan.
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But it seems obvious that the Japanese will dominate this segment---why should
US concerns give them any more of a head start than they already have?
Who wants to be in the "fourth string" behind Fujitsu, NEC and Hitachi?

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>6. Other?
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Maybe the TRON CPU chip sucks?


>Jim Mooney				Dept. of Stat. & Computer Science
>(304) 293-3607				West Virginia University
>					Morgantown, WV 26506

Matt Kennel