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From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
Subject: Re: Report on SVNET: Bill Jolitz's Talk; Mind Overload.
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References: <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> <MIB.94Aug18102735@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 21:39:46 GMT
In article <MIB.94Aug18102735@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
>In article <jmonroyCuq5J1.Fy8@netcom.com> jmonroy@netcom.com (Jesus Monroy Jr) writes:
>
> Second: The issue of code reuse....
>
> Bill and Lynn plainly stated that the code is
> freely re-distributable and freely re-modifiably,
> *AS ALWAYS*.
>
> Fourth: The CD-ROM
>
> The CD-ROM and the annotations may *NOT* be placed
> on any FTP'able site for redistribution.
>
>Don't these seem just a little contradictory?
Actually not. I was at the meeting, and asked about the apparent
contradiction. The answer is that the code is re-distributable, with
credit, and the "annotations" are not re-distributable at all. Since
the CD contains both, it can't be put up for anonymous FTP as a whole.
It was also interesting to me that Jolitz said the CD was "in
production", implying herds of gnomes stamping disks, about ready to
ship them. He even waived around a gold colored prototype CD. Later,
however, he said that he didn't yet know whether Mosaic would be on the
disk, due to its need for Motif. That destroyed my fantasy of herds of
gnomes. He hasn't even decided what will be on the final master yet.
It can't have been recorded. CD shipment will be a while.
The final revelation to me was how he planned for users to boot directly
off the CD, with no need for a boot floppy. The actual scheme is:
1. Have an Adaptec 154xy SCSI controler, for all values of x and y.
Also have a Mitsumi CD drive.
2. Boot DOS.
3. Mount the CD under DOS and run a "boot 386BSD" program off the CD.
Not quite as mysterious and awe inspiring as the first story I heard on
the net.
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