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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: I would like information on ACE
- Message-ID: <vbkg6uo@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 06:43:24 GMT
- References: <1k17rqINNkuk@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>
- Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1k17rqINNkuk@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> kostj@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jason E. Kost) writes:
- | I appologize if this is not the correct group for this question. I know
- | SiliconGraphics is part of the Advance Computing Environment collaboration and
- | thought this would be better than most places to get information.
-
- Warning, personal opinion follows ;)
-
- ACE is dead. It died the last little bit when Compaq decided that
- they weren't interested. Sure, the consortium still exists, and
- people may declare that their systems or software are ACE compliant,
- but basicly, nobody will care.
-
- | Where can I get information on ACE. I would like information on the
- | requirements for a machine and/or operating system to be considered ACE
- | compliant.
-
- I don't think there are any. NT sort of comes close to what was
- envisioned as an O/S, but not really. There are some ACE specifications
- on hardware and software interfaces, but I don't know where you would
- go to get them, and I suspect it is completely irrelevant to any
- machine you might buy.
- --
- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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