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Re: Where is Carly?
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Dave Darnell <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:42:18 -0400
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 Even the "lowly" HP1000, primarily a process control, data acquisition, and otherwise non-business box, had print spooling at least 13 years ago!Dave [log in to unmask] do not receive email at this address.Please remove the string ".removethispart" from the below address to email me:[log in to unmask] On Wed 08/14, Gary &lt; [log in to unmask] &gt; wrote:
From: Gary [mailto: [log in to unmask]]To: [log in to unmask]: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:02:05 -0500Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Where is Carly?"F. Alfredo Rego" wrote in message news:&lt;[log in to unmask]&gt;...&gt;&gt; It's really fun to talk with people (developers, vendors, etc.)&gt; from an MPE file-system perspective. I ask innocent questions&gt; and I get fascinating answers. Some of their current problems&gt; (and "breakthroughs") deal with things that MPE solved decades&gt; ago.Funny you should mention that. I recall, circa. 1992, the Unix SEs inmy office were all excited about this "new" concept called "printspooling". WOW, I remember chuckling to myself thinking, gee, what aconcept, it's been around for 20 years (if you count the mainframe).There are numerous other examples, as I moved through theclient/server and distributed computing era, of exciting "new"concepts that I had taken for granted for years. At one point, I gotfrustrated and referred to these "new" concepts as "Recycled Concepts"- only the technology was changing.I also used to do 3-tier client/server presentations to IBMmainframers in the early-mid '90s and they liked the concept becausethat's how they felt CICS worked- the screens (presentation),transaction logic (business logic), data access were separatecomponents.One thing I learned during the DCE era is that, no matter how great atechnology might be, if it's not easy to use, the mainstream will notuse it.The more things change, the more they stay the same.* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, ** etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

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