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To: hdl who wrote (35892)	12/22/2002 2:24:49 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 213172

there may be hope for thingamagigs to attach to the network, operating systems for networks- but proprietary has a rough road Apple's in a good position there, because while normal Mac OS apps run atop the proprietary Mac OS and Cocoa APIs, you can write X Windows apps that run on the open-source Darwin using the open BSD and X APIs. Windows, on the other hand, is badly positioned, because as far as I know, the closest thing to an open-source initiative they have going is a closely guarded code sharing license with the Chinese government. Dave

To: hdl who wrote (35892)	12/22/2002 2:44:02 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 213172

there may be hope for thingamagigs to attach to the network, operating systems for networks- but proprietary has a rough road Looks to me like a bunch of the thingamagigs are going to come from the consumer electronics area - HDTVs, A/V systems, cable and satellite set-top boxes, storage, video games, etc. Networking has finally been resolved for this stuff with FireWire. Proprietary machines, Macs and PCs, will be able to interface and take part in controlling the attached devices, but likely not as a prime controller as Microsoft would like. FireWire has taken out the need for a PC or Mac to control any part of this new peer-to-peer networking setup, yet PCs and Macs will survive. Might as well start stringing your in-house FireWire network now.