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From: Petra Lynn Hofman <petrahof@chicagonet.net>
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Perhaps I read more into the statement than was there.  I think that
happens when one has used MS and then moves on to more stable and robust
systems.

Ken Garlington wrote:
> 
> "Beard, Frank" <beardf@spawar.navy.mil> wrote in message
> news:B6A1A9B09E52D31183ED00A0C9E0888C469953@nctswashxchg.nctswash.navy.mil
> : > I heard a short sound bite from the project leader.  His example for
> : > research was "truly plug and play device driver".  I am not much
> : > impressed by this statement.
> :
> : Being one who is subject to having things taken out of the context in
> : which I meant them (and I accept that part of the fault lies with me),
> : I'll take a stab at what he might have meant.
> :
> : Maybe he was saying, "Unlike Microsoft Plug-n-play (and play and play)
> : devices that can crash the operating system, we will have devices on
> : a robust OS, with robust drivers, that will handle problems, report them,
> : recover, and continue working".
> :
> : Of course, that's just my opinion.  I could be wrong.
> 
> No, I think that's correct. It appears that this work is going to be an
> outgrowth of the CMU EDCS program, particularly the INSERT project. See
> 
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/Groups/real-time/insert/
> 
> http://www.sei.cmu.edu/community/edcs/CLUSTERS/HA/index.html