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From: billg@hitachi.uucp (Bill Gundry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.std.misc,comp.arch
Subject: TRON
Keywords: TRON operating systems
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Date: 5 Jul 89 16:02:20 GMT
Organization: Hitachi America - Semiconductor & IC
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From article <382@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>, by jdm@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (James D Mooney):
> 
> I welcome all opinions, discussion, or questions.  I hope I
> have posted this to the most appropriate newsgroups.  If there
> is any interest, I will be glad to post or mail further information
> about TRON, and/or summaries of any comments received.  Thanks.

As one of the few Westerners invlolved in the TRON project I think
the simple answer is that the TRON Association has done
nothing to publicize or seek the involvement of U.S. companies. 
I attended the TRON Symposium in Tokyo in which Mr. Mooney spoke,
and was among maybe a dozen Westerners in the audience.  The only reason
I was there is because I work for Hitachi.  I never saw it advertised
anywhere.  The TRON project (according to the TRON Association) is global
in scope and is an "open" standard, but the fact is all the working groups
are formed in Japan, the meetings are conducted in Japanese, and the 
results are published in Japanese.  Needless to say this makes it very
difficult for Westerners to participate in the TRON Project.

So, are we are missing something by not learning Japanese?  The TRON 
Project is wonderful is scope, and sets out to solve some difficult problems.
The Japanse have learned our western languages, are we a little shortsighted
in not learning theirs?  

The other issue with the TRON Project is the appearance that it
brings nothing to the party. The current products emerging from the
different companies seem to lag behind the current state-of-the-market
in the U.S. While this may be true (I am not saying it is :)),  the 
concept of the TRON Project does serve as a very comprehensive environment
for future computing.  

While learing about the TRON Project, which I hope you do,
remember that the Japanese are very proud of new technology that
they develop on their own, as opposed to adopting Western ways, and their is
some concern over litigation from the U.S., so the project may seem out of 
step with the current standards efforts. 

Bill Gundry		...uunet!hitachi!billg

Hitachi America - Semiconductor & IC Division