Yaron (of Microsoft)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Thomas [SMTP:jpthomas@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 1998 5:28 AM
> To: FoRK
> Subject: [Fwd: Gates ReDefines the meaning of DNS...]
>
> Since no one else has forked this, and I'm not sure how many of you
> aren't on the IETF list.....
>
> Einar Stefferud wrote:
> >
> > It seems to me that someone at MS might want to say a few words to
> > Bill Gates about how this shows at least one of two things:
> >
> > 1. That Bill is is not well informed about the Internet, especially
> > after the last two years of hell that we have gone through; or
> >
> > 2. He appears to not give a damn about prior use of Acronyms of great
> > significance in his main target market;-)...
> >
> > Question: Will the Internet need to get a usage license for our long
> > exisiting Domain Name System when MS Trademarks "DNS"? I am reminded
> > of all those "Bob" jokes of old...
> >
> > I hope that this is a useful channel with which to reach MS people
> > who care;-)...
> >
> > Cheers...\Stef
> >
> > ------- Forwarded Message
> >
> > Subject: Bill Gates on DNS
> > Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 14:01:27 -0500
> >
> > I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
> > This is real, it is unaltered and directly from Reuters.
> >
> > ============================================================
> >
> > Microsoft's Gates sets new networking term
> >
> > HELSINKI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on
> > Thursday introduced a new term -- the digital nervous system
> > (DNS) -- for networks of personal computers.
> > "The DNS means using PCs together with Internet standards to
> > create an environment of easy information access to replace
> > current information tools," Gates said according to a summary of
> > a speech at a seminar in the city of Espoo in southern Finland.
> > The speech was made available by Microsoft's Finnish unit.
> > The DNS networking solution could replace telephone calls,
> > paper and databases on lage computers where information is hard
> > to browse. It could offer significant business value by
> > enhancing the way a company shares information, he said.
> > "Its most important benefit is the ability to navigate the
> > information and see patterns, and be able to send mail messages
> > to colleagues to share the information and get comments, all
> > this contributing to a more efficient mode of making decisions,"
> > Gates said.
> > The DNS should be designed to draw together data from many
> > sources, giving the users a better ability to react effectively
> > to unplanned events, he said, adding that areas especially
> > suited for DNS solutions were customer account information,
> > project management, sales budgeting and marketing events.
> > Gates said Microsoft was working with other software
> > developers like SAP (FSE:SAPG) and BAAN (AMS:BAAN) to ensure the
> > DNS system's functionality in packaged or customised applications.
> > Microsoft's earlier vision of 'a computer on every desk'
> > could be rephrased as 'a computer in every pocket'.
> > "Microsoft's vision for PCs five years from now is a
> > wireless device you can carry around... you can connect this
> > tablet-size PC to the wireless network and get access to the
> > information of your choice," Gates said.
> > helsinki.newsroom@reuters.com))
> >
> > Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service
> >
> > ------- End of Forwarded Message
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> I think so, Brain, but isn't a cucumber that small called a gherkin?