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From: grr@seismo.CSS.GOV@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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Subject: Re:  Need information on NFS
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Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 04:43:01 EST
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In article <8612200757.AA28013@hoptoad.uucp> hoptoad!tim (Tim Maroney) writes:
>I really question whether RPC can be considered OS independent.  It is way
>too big for microcomputers.  An acquaintance involved with NFS (who has
>never worked for Sun) gave me an estimate recently that a client side alone
>-- 
>Tim Maroney, Electronic Village Idiot

Times change - there is already Alpha test version of NFS for the Amiga by
an outfit called Ameristar Technologies.  You can assume that in a year or
so, when the 1MB chips reach price parity, you're going to see a bunch of
4-16MB 'micro computers'...