Aucbvax.1628
fa.apollo
utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!TAW@SU-AI
Thu Jun 11 12:43:56 1981
SAM/Worm/820
Hopefully, Xerox will provide the software for the 820 to speak with Star
systems.  That is where the 820 could have the advantage over the Apple
or Osbourne machines.  I think that a lot of people who would like to
go into office automation are cringing at the price of the Star (when they
think of all the people that they would want on their office network).
If the 820 provides a thoughtfully designed subset of Star capabilities
(and I don't know whether it will or not) at a fraction of the price
it could be a wonderful bootstrapping mechanism for getting Ethernet
based systems into the offices.  And you can always unplug the 820
and plug in a Star at a later date (perhaps allowing the employees
to take them home for telecommuting purposes).