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From: alan@oz.nm.paradyne.com (Alan Lovejoy)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.os.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: TRON (message from the project leader)
Keywords: TRON, standards, operating systems, distributed systems
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Date: 6 Jul 89 00:49:29 GMT
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Reply-To: alan@oz.paradyne.com (Alan Lovejoy)
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The recent postings on TRON have spurred me to investigate the subject.  My
conclusion so far is that the purpose of the TRON project is to build an
infrastructure for domestic computerization/automation.  Sociocultural
implications aside, the major impact of this effort is likely to be that
Japanese companies will vastly strengthen their already impressive domination
of the consumer appliance market by means of TRON.  TRON's technical merits
(or lack thereof) will simply be irrelevant.  The first economically-viable
infrastructure will always swamp any and all competition.

It also occurs to me that there are other areas where effective application
of technology in the economy awaits the construction of the appropriate
infrastructure.  And in many of these cases, no planned or purposeful
programs are underway to create those infrastructures.  There are opportunities
here for clever, resourcefull people.  Opportunities that I am convinced
American companies are largely missing out on--and in fact may be culturally
incapable of exploiting or even recognizing.

Alan Lovejoy; alan@pdn; 813-530-2211; AT&T Paradyne: 8550 Ulmerton, Largo, FL.
Disclaimer: I do not speak for AT&T Paradyne.  They do not speak for me. 
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