Path: news.cs.au.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!uninett.no!news.algonet.se!algonet!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!newsfeed2.news.nl.uu.net!sun4nl!skynet.be!poster!not-for-mail From: Atle Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: Evolution? Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 16:09:08 -0100 Organization: Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3937EA34.9DECB87B@skynet.be> References: <3935628B.C7D00988@skynet.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup262.charleroi.skynet.be Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news0.skynet.be 959954754 26409 194.78.236.134 (2 Jun 2000 14:05:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@skynet.be NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Jun 2000 14:05:54 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12388 Flemming Gram Christensen wrote: > We are discussing a internet library (only discussing, not promissing), what > would be needed? If you try to imagine that you see the Internet for the first time, but you know Beta: What would be the primary capabilities of an internet node (host)? Will it be a provider (we can rpc on it) Will it be a requester (it can RPC to us) Will be both (we do interactions with it) Will the primary functions be to upload/download code, like with Java? Could it be seen as an extension of our own hardware? Why was this called 'ensemble' in the first place? Did someone play in an orchestra? Why not 'group'? From what point of view is it mostly seen, I would guess from ours, not the node's? So it will be some kind of node, station, or plug-in? Just some thought that went through my mind, none of them contained 'music' though :-) Hope there was _some_ help in this?