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From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson)
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Subject: Re: Cyberspace Now
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Date: 25 Oct 90 17:47:34 GMT
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In article <1990Oct25.070821.1@condor.nmfecc.gov> system@condor.nmfecc.gov write
s:
>

[ ...description of a view of c-space...]

>
>Now.  what could make it happen?
>
> 1.  a database of information about the hosts and networks

Sounds like Yello...er, I mean NIS.  Except the user access rights part would
have to be added.  This could probably be implemented in a similar fashion.  Or
become an extension.  Or maybe, that information would all be kept locally by
the user along with preferences for display (color preferences and such).

> 2.  a tool running autonomously to fill in the database

See man page for yppush.

> 3.  a user interface that used the database to create the maps etc.

There probably is a tool out there already, but if not, it shouldn't be hard to
write.

> 4.  some standards for the inter-process communications

How many standards do you want?  If you don't like the ones available today,
just wait for tomorrow.

> 5.  eventually a standard for multi-processing over distributed nodes

or distributed processing over multiple nodes?

>
> Enough for now.   If responses warrant,  we can maintain this thread and work
>on the design of 1 and 3  on this group.  Discrete implementation of 2 for
>various workstations is reasonable  if there is a standard for the database.
>
>Jim Morton

sounds good to me.

/craig