From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 21 15:56:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03476 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:56:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03345 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:55:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13843; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:55:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980921175504.64901@futuresouth.com> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:55:04 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network Computers References: <199809211723.KAA17886@kithrup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199809211723.KAA17886@kithrup.com>; from Sean Eric Fagan on Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 10:23:20AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 21, 1998 at 10:23:20AM -0700, Sean Eric Fagan woke me up to tell me: > > The big push for the "network computer" was because it costs a hell of a lot > of money to maintain and upgrade thousands of computers. Most of this > maintainence and upgrading is with the software. So someone thought, Wouldn't > it be nifty if the software could be upgraded in one central location, and > then all of the computers in the company would automatically pick it up? The phrases 'NFS' and 'rdist' come to mind first. Yeah, I know it's not perfect, but it's a set in the right direction. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message