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From: verber@tut.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: diskless mac-II A/UX
Message-ID: <933@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 08:57:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  3 08:57:38 1987
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Organization: Ohio State University, Computer Science
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Keywords: NFS, diskless, A/UX


The idea of a diskless MacII running A/UX has been *strongly*
suggested to Apple.  They held a meeting a few months ago with the
universities who had recieved seed units to discuss possible
improvements for A/UX.  Everyone present stress that they would really
like A/UX to boot via the network.  This idea goes very much against
the philosphy of computing that is present at Apple.  They prefer the
idea of stand alone machines that can share resources, i.e.  being
dependant on another machine for booting and all disk use doesn't sit
well with them.  On the other hand, they seems to hear the pleas of
the the university people (who will be some of the biggest customers).
I expect that we will see diskless A/UX in the next year or two.
Apple hasn't committed to this, as far as I know, but they seem to
understand why this will be important to succeed in the higher
education market.

Cheers,
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Computer Science Department			         Mark A. Verber
The Ohio State University			 verber@ohio-state.arpa
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