Karen again:
: > Bottom line: Larry's idea can be implemented today (and it already is
: > implemented in the Cobalt NasRaq, for example).
: >
: > Erik
: ---end quoted text---
:
: Larry's idea is not currently in the marketplace.
:
: <quote from Larry McVoy>
: One thing that I've dreamed about for a while is getting the disk drive
: vendors to put STP down in the drives. Then we throw out the SCSI/IDE
: cables and use RJ45 connectors to talk to both the network and the disks.
: Think hot plug. Cool, no?
: </quote>
Well, duh. If it were in the market place, I wouldn't be dreaming about it,
now would I? I'd be a sorry assed "visionary" if my visions included things
which was already shipping.
Erik's point is that an approximation of the idea is here already, which is
one step of the way towards the endpoint.
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