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From: frank@dutinfd.UUCP (Frank de Bruin)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: The National Software Works - Information wanted
Keywords: NSW, network operating systems, user/network interfacing
Message-ID: <1095@dutinfd.UUCP>
Date: 8 Oct 88 13:00:44 GMT
Organization: Delft Univ. of Techn., Netherlands
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First: 
If you see this message for the second time: accept my apologies.
We do have some trouble with our news system and I really need the
information, so I reposted this message on another host. Please send
answers by E-mail to ..!mcvax!westc!fdbruin.

Now for my problem:
Studying all kinds of network environments (especially in heterogeneous
computer networks), I encountered in "the ACM Proceedings of the Annual
Conference 1977" some articles addressing a project called the
National Software Works (NSW). This NSW was an effort to create a
network operating system on top of existing operating systems.

I'm very interested in the NSW approach of user-network interfacing,
but I couldn't find any recent information. That's why I post the
following questions on the net: 

- What is the status of the NSW? Is it finished, stopped or is there 
  still any development going on? Are there implementations available?

- Where can I get more (up-to-date) information/documentation?

Any help is welcome. Please do reply by E-mail.

Thanks in advance,

Frank J. de Bruin
West Consulting bv 
..!mcvax!westc!fdbruin   (or fdbruin@westc)