Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!mordor!sri-spam!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!ucbvax!grr@seismo.CSS.GOV@cbmvax.UUCP From: grr@seismo.CSS.GOV@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Need information on NFS Message-ID: <8612221844.AA04914@seismo.CSS.GOV> Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 04:43:01 EST Article-I.D.: seismo.8612221844.AA04914 Posted: Mon Dec 22 04:43:01 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Dec-86 22:37:21 EST References: <8612200757.AA28013@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: cbmvax!grr@seismo.CSS.GOV (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 11 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa 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'...