From rballard@cnj.digex.net Fri Dec 13 02:09:47 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 02:09:46 -0500 (EST) From: Rex Ballard To: Bob Poulsen cc: online-news@planetarynews.com Subject: Re: Market penetration of Java In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961211212721.0073da88@easystreet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Bob Poulsen wrote: > At 12:56 PM 12/11/96 -0600, you wrote: > >I'm curious what experience other sites have with Java statistics. > > > >I was just looking at stats from yesterday's logfile, and 40 percent of > >visitors to the Purple Page ( http://www.startribune.com/vikings ) used > >Java-enabled browsers. Java is getting very popular. It is easier to write for than C++, and is great for writing distributed applications for LAN/WAN. It also eliminates the problems of hardware/OS dependency. > This doesn't necessarily give the market usage numbers for Java. For > instance, I use Netscape 2.02 which is Java-enabled, but I always browse > with both Java and JavaScript disabled. Many of us who have older machines (I'm running LINUX on a 386SX/16) don't have the horsepower to handle lots of graphics, never mind the JavaScript animations that Netscape insists on sending to 3.0 browsers. IE 2.0 didn't come with Java, IE 3.X and beyond does. Of course to get internet explorer, you need to run Win95 or WinNT. Interesting that people are still aren't stampeding to get NT 4.0 or Win95 upgrades to existing machines. Many new CPU vendors are offering "Bare Bones" machines with Win3.1, and the facilities to add Linux or OS/2 Warp. I've been using the latest version of Red Hat 4.0 Linux. It's very impressive. It is a little tedious on my 4 MIPS machine with 8 Meg of ram. I did install the MetroX server this time. The good news is that The Red Hat Distribution is easier to configure and install than Windows NT 3.51 and almost as easiy as Win95. I was running it on a 486DX/100 and later a 586/133 with a Diamond Stealth video accelerator. That was a nice engine. Even on a 14400 modem through a local ISP (vs. the SLOW X.25 Pads the national chains use), I was getting good throughput. At $500 for hardware and $65 for software, this makes a Nice Appliance computer. I've been looking at a $460 laptop with visions of slackware or RedHat dancing in my head :-). > This has actually caused some problems for me, since some sites determine > that I can accept Java and display only info accessible to Java. I have > disabled Java, so I'm left in limbo. The only thing worse is leaving Java enabled on a Windows 3.1 machine with netscape 3.x and a slow machine. You literally have to wait 5 minutes for the start button to quit. I had to fall back to an old netware 2.0 version. > I don't like Java because I want to be in control of my browsing session > (and my computer!) at all times. Once in a while, if I'm at a page where I > trust the designer, I will re-enable Java and reload. But then I'll disable > again as soon as possible. Java is at least somewhat responsible about not sending code to reformat your drive. Appearantly some unix sites are posting an activeX application that reboots your machine when you select the "Why You Shouldn't use ActiveX" line. > After searching a lot of new technologies the past few weeks, I'm putting my > money on Shockwave. Using the Lingo language, built into Shockwave, a > developer can call information off the Internet, go to other Web pages, and > include forms to be filled in by the user. I think Shockwave will be > included in Netscape 4.0 and IE 4.0 -- anyone know for sure? Also, > Shockwave files are compressed -- meaning both fast loading and obscuring > the source code. The important thing about any media used over the internet is that the protocol be publicly documented. There also needs to be a reference model available in General Public License. It's important to remember that system admins and traffic managers get very upset when "mystery packets" start swarming their boxes. If you want to protect your content, use encryption. > Besides, with Shockwave you can play really neat games -- like "Boris > Yeltzin's Operation" at the Comedy Channel site. Adobe's formats are nice too, so is Word. They are not suitable for the internet because they can't be monitored. A user could upload a vicious word document that includes objects that do cute things like rename all your files to the same name, reformat your disk drive... There was some cute e-mail that you could send to Exchange and other "AutoUnwrap" mail readers that could do nasty things. > Regards, > -Bob Poulsen > Ecola From rballard@cnj.digex.net Fri Dec 13 02:38:00 1996 Status: O X-Status: Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 02:37:21 -0500 From: Rex Ballard Subject: Re: OS, AIX, NT In-Reply-To: <57fndf$2rse$1@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> Message-ID: References: <01bbda76$10772360$bc900c0f@tksnet> <57clpb$8v@news.Hawaii.Edu> <57fndf$2rse$1@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard On 26 Nov 1996 laniear@ibm.net wrote: > In <57clpb$8v@news.Hawaii.Edu>, tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) writes: > >Todd Kepus writes: > >>> Raj Thomas writes: > >>>> It is interesting that IBM has announced ( at Comdex ) that they are > >>>> finally abandoning the OS/2 name > >>> Evidence, please. > >> There's plenty of postings in the group that give the URL. > >I've yet to encounter even one. Perhaps you could help me out, Todd. > >Where does IBM state that the OS/2 name will be abandoned? Don't point > >me to the reports of a new operating system that will be a superset of > >OS/2, which hasn't been named yet, or even given a code name. None of > >those indicate that the OS/2 name will be abandoned. When Unix was still under the control of AT&T, IBM turned to OS/2 rather than UNIX. IBM has had a version of AIX for 486 and Pentium based machine for several years. Since AIX runs under the MACH microkernal, it is relatively simple to add the OS/2 APIs and DLLs to support coexistant operating systems. It's similar to what they did with VM/CMS. IBM stands a better chance of selling PowerPC based machines if they can wean people off of the Microsoft Platforms. OS/2 helps people make the transition away from Windows3.x but doesn't give the robust features that AIX and X/11 provide. In terms of the politics within IBM (or DEC for that matter) there is a substantially higher profit margin in proprietary operating systems such as MVS, VS/E, or OS/2 than there is in AIX/Unix. There were also reliability problems with OS/2 2.0 and Warp. When users ran multiple diverse applications on the same box, it would often hang and lock up. If you "Hit the Big Red Button", you usually lost your desktop and therefore couldn't restart your machine. Warp provides a substantial suite of recovery tools. IBM has migrated most of the "Old Standby" functions like "Front End Processing" to RS-6000 running AIX. Ironically, it is now cheaper to buy a RS-6000 running AIX than it is to get a Windows NT capable machine and operating system. Some of the classing problems of Unix configuration such as runtime extentions are now resolved (thanks in part to the Linux Community). > I think what he is referring to is the following: > > > LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A., 1996 NOV 20 (NB) -- By Jacqueline > > Emigh. IBM plans to build a new client-server operating system > > (OS) that will serve as a superset of the current OS/2 and new > > network computing capabilities, Newsbytes has learned. > > > > In a meeting with Newsbytes at Comdex in Las Vegas, John P. > > Albee, OS/2 Warp Server brand manager, said that the new OS, > > scheduled for completion in 1998, will combine OS/2 for > > support of legacy systems with new functionality for > > client-server net computing. Again, this is likely to be a hybrid between OS/2 and AIX. In terms of the economics, there is more potential for gain in the AIX arena. > It is strecthing matters to say that IBM said it was abandoning the name OS/2 > but the "drift" is that the new system may not have the OS/2 name, but then > it could. How about OS/3? Nah! After OS/2 1.x, 2.x, and Warp (3.x), its more likely to be OS/2 4.x but will have more UNIX/AIX flavor and compatibility. It would be more of a superset of AIX. Rex Ballard. From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon Dec 16 03:17:46 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 03:17:45 -0500 (EST) From: Rex Ballard To: Majordomo@planatary-news.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII unsubscribe Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the Management of the McGraw-Hill Companies. http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard From rballard@cnj.digex.net Tue Dec 17 01:17:05 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:17:04 -0500 (EST) From: Rex Ballard To: postmaster@aol.com Subject: Are You Happy? Sure You Are! (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I've been getting a lot of SPAM from your host. I do not want to reply with my huge file because I know it gives your people a headache. Please address this person. Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the Management of the McGraw-Hill Companies. http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 15:52:11 +0000 From: behappy@monroe.ny.frontiercomm.net Reply-To: areyouhapy@aol.com To: savenviro@aol.com Subject: Are You Happy? Sure You Are! PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ THIS LETTER, I PROMISE YOU THAT THIS ISN'T ANOTHER MONEY LOOSING PROGRAM - "TAKE MY WORD" YOU WILL MAKE LOTS OF DOLLARS BY FOLLOWING THOSE EASY STEPS! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Letter From Rick: Hello! I've got some awesome news that I think you need to take two minutes to read if you have ever thought "How could I make some serious cash in a hurry???" , or been in serious debt, ready to do almost anything to get the money needed to pay off those bill collectors. So grab a snack, a warm cup of coffee, or a glass of your favorite beverage, get comfortable and listen to this interesting, exciting find! Let me start by saying that I FINALLY FOUND IT! That's right! I found it! And I HATE GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES!! I hate those schemes like multi-level marketing, mail-order schemes, envelope stuffing scams, 900 number scams... the list goes on forever. I have tried every darn get rich quick scheme out there over the past 12 years. I somehow got on mailing lists for people looking to make money (more like 'desperate stupid people who will try anything for money!'). Well, when I was a teenager, these claims to 'get me rich quick' sounded irresistible! I would shell out $14.95 here, $29.95 there, $24.95 here, and another $49.95 there. I had maxed out my new Circuit City Card AND my Visa...I was desperate for money!! So, I gave them all a chance but failed at every one of them! Maybe they worked for some people, but not for me. Eventually, I just tossed that JUNK MAIL in the trash when I got the mail. I recognized it right away. I can smell a money scam from a mile away these days, SO I THOUGHT.... I thought I could sniff out a scam easily. WAS I WRONG!! ....I LOVE THE INTERNET!!! I was scanning thru a NEWSGROUP and saw an article stating to GET CASH FAST!! I thought..."Here on the Internet?? Well, I'll just have to see what schemes could possibly be on the internet." The article described a way to MAIL A ONE DOLLAR BILL TO ONLY FIVE PEOPLE AND MAKE $50, 0000 IN CASH WITHIN 4 WEEKS! Well, the more I thought about it, the more I became very curious. Why? Because of the way it worked AND BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY COST ME FIVE DOLLARS (AND FIVE STAMPS), THAT'S ALL I EVER PAY....EVER!! Ok, so the $50,000 in cash was maybe an tough amount to reach, but it was possible. I knew that I could at least get a return of $1,000 or so. So I did it!! As per the instructions in the article, I mailed out ('snail mail' for you e-mail fanatics) a single dollar bill to each of the five people on the list that was contained in the article. I included a small note, with the dollar, that stated "Please Add Me To Your List." I then removed the first position name of the five names listed and moved everyone up one position, and I put my name in position five of the list. This is how the money starts rolling in! I then took this revised article now with my name on the list and REPOSTED IT ON AS MANY NEWSGROUPS AND LOCAL BULLETIN BOARD MESSAGE AREAS THAT I KNEW. I then waited to watch the money come in...prepared to maybe receive about $1000 to $1500 in cash or so.... But what a welcome surprise when those envelopes kept coming in!!! I knew what they were as soon as I saw the return addresses from people all over the world -Most from the U.S., but some from Canada, even some from Australia! I tell you, THAT WAS EXCITING!! So how much did I get in total return? $1000? $5000? Not even!!! I received a total of $23,343!!! I couldn't believe it!! I now have a brand new black Acura Integra to speak for, due to this!! Now after almost 8 months, I am ready to do it again!!! So maybe it was possible to get $50,000 in cash, I don't know, but IT COMPLETELY DEPENDS ON YOU, THE INDIVIDUAL! You must follow through and repost this article everywhere you can think of! The more postings you achieve will determine how much cash will arrive in your very own mailbox!! It's just too easy to pass up!!! Note from Mary Carter: This is a great way to get to know the Net and make a very nice profit at the same time! Let's review the reasons why you should do this: The only cost factors are for the five stamps, the 5 envelopes and the 5 one dollar bills that you send out to the listed names by snail mail (US Postal Service Mail). Then just simply repost the article (WITH YOUR NAME ADDED) to all the newsgroups and local BBS's you can. Then sit back and, (ironically), enjoy walking (you can run if you like! :o ) down your driveway to your mailbox and scoop up your rewards!! We all have five dollars to put into such an easy effortless investment with SPECTACULAR REALISTIC RETURNS OF $15,000 to $25,000 in about 3-5 weeks! So HOLD OFF ON THOSE LOTTERY NUMBERS FOR TODAY, EAT AT HOME TONIGHT INSTEAD OF TAKEOUT FROM McDONALDS AND INVEST FIVE DOLLARS IN THIS AMAZING MONEY MAKING SYSTEM NOW!!! YOU CAN'T LOSE!! So how do you do it exactly, you ask? I have carefully provided the most detailed, yet straightforward instructions on how to easily get this underway and get your cash on its way. SO, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE SOME CASH!!!?? HERE WE GO!!! *** THE LIST OF NAMES IS AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE. *** OK, Read this carefully. Get a printout of this information, if you like, so you can easily refer to it as often as needed. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Take a sheet of paper and write on it the following: "Please add my name to your list". This creates a service out of this money making system and thus making it completely legal. You are not just randomly sending a dollar to someone, you are paying one dollar for a legitimate service. Make sure you include your name and address. I assure you that, again, this is completely legal! For a neat little twist, also write what slot their name was in, like: "You were in slot 3", Just to add a little fun! This is all about having fun and making money at the same time! 2. Now fold this sheet of paper around a dollar bill ,(no checks or money orders), and put them into an envelope and send it on its way to the five people listed. The folding of the paper around the bill will insure its arrival to its recipient. THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT!! 3. Now listen carefully, here's where you get YOUR MONEY COMING TO YOUR MAILBOX. Look at the list of five people; remove the first name from position one and move everyone on the list up slot one on the list. Position 2 name will now move to the position 1 slot , position 3 will now become position 2, 4 will be 3, 5 will be 4. Now put your name, address, zipcode AND COUNTRY in position 5, the bottom position on the list. 4. Now upload this updated file to as many newsgroups and local bulletin boards' message areas & file section as possible. Give a catchy description of the file so it gets noticed!! Such as: "NEED FAST CASH?, HERE IT IS!" or "NEED CASH TO PAY OFF YOUR DEBTS??", etc. And the more uploads, the more money you will make, and of course, the more money the others on the list will make too. LET'S ALL TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER BY BEING HONEST AND BY PUTTING FORTH 120 PERCENT INTO THIS PROFITABLE & AMAZING SYSTEM!!! You'll reap the benefits, believe me!!! Set a goal for the number of total uploads you'll post, such as 15-20 postings or more! Always have a goal in mind!!! If you can UUE encode the file when uploading, that will make it easier for the people to receive it and have it downloaded to their hard drive. That way they get a copy of the article right on their computer without hassles of viewing and then saving the article from the File menu. Don't alter the file type, leave it as an MS-DOS Text file. The best test is to be able to view this file using Microsoft's Notepad for Windows 3.x or WordPad for Windows '95. If the margins look right without making the screen slide left or right when at the ends of the sentences, you're in business! 5. If you need help uploading, simply ask the sysop of the BBS, or "POST" a message on a newsgroup asking how to post a file, tell them who your Internet provider is and PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE GLAD TO HELP. I would try to describe how to do it but there are simply too many internet software packages with slightly different yet relatively simple ways to post or upload a file. Just ask for help or look in the help section for 'posting'. I do know that for GNN, you simply select 'POST' then enter a catchy description under the subject box, choose 'ATTACH', selecting 'UUE' and NOT 'TXT', then choose 'Browse' to go look for the file. Find your text file CASH.TXT and click on it and choose 'OK'. Place a one line statement in the main body section of the message post screen. Something like "Download this to read how to get cash arriving in your mailbox with no paybacks!" or whatever. Just make sure it represents its true feasibility, NOT something like..."Get one million dollars flooding in your mailbox in two days!" You'll never get ANY responses! 6. And this is the step I like. JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY LIFE BECAUSE CASH IS ON ITS THE WAY!! Expect to see a little money start to trickle in around 2 weeks, but AT ABOUT WEEKS 3 & 4, THE MONEY STORM WILL HIT YOUR MAILBOX!! All you have to do is take it out of the mailbox and try not to scream too loud (outside anyway) when you realize YOU HIT THE BIG TIME AT LAST!! 7. So go PAY OFF YOUR BILLS AND DEBTS and then get that something special you always wanted or buy that special person in your life (or the one you want in your life) a gift they'll never forget. ENJOY LIFE! 8. Now when you get low on this money supply, simply reactivate this file again. Reposting it in the old places where you originally posted and possibly some new places that you know of. Don't every lose this file, always keep a copy at your reach for when you ever need cash. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS RE-USE TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN CASH IS IN NEED! *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** THE NAMES LIST THE NAMES LIST THE NAMES LIST *************************************************************************** HONESTY IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL!!! 1. Ben Collier 3909 Doe Run Dr Powder Springs, GA 30073 2. Rick Mollins 5000 Western Ave. #2100 Knoxville. TN 37921 3. Bob Stevenson POB 498 Sugerloaf NY 10981 4. Mary Carter 228 West Patrick Street Frederick, MD 21701 5. Haime Schwartz RR.5 156 T1A Monroe N.Y. 10950 *************************************************************************** NOTE: Try to keep a list of everyone that sends you a dollar and always keep an eye on the local postings of this file...Just to make sure that everyone is playing the game fairly. You know where your name should be..... *** AGAIN, HONESTY IS THE BEST THING WE HAVE GOING FOR US ON THIS PLAN. From rballard@cnj.digex.net Tue Dec 17 01:28:14 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:28:14 -0500 (EST) From: Rex Ballard To: dbailey@spyglass.com cc: rballard@access.digex.net Subject: Followup e-mail resume Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Dennis, As per our phone conversation at 11:00 A.M. onFriday, attached is a text-only version of my resume. Rexford E Ballard 60 Green Ave, Madison NJ, 07940-2538 212-748-6508 (W) 201-660-0878 (H) Objective: A position as an Information Systems Architect. Provide tecnical leadership in the development of strategic information systems solution such as Internet, Intranet, and real-time information processing using UNIX, PC, and specialized servers (Mainframes, Minis, WindowsNT). Functional summary: Over 17 years in strategic information systems such as Directory Assistance Systems, Package Tracking Systems, Financial Management Systems, and Financial Information Publishing Systems. Over 6 years of leadership in defining standards used by the insurance industry, the publishing industry, and the financial information services industries, including the Commercialization of the Internet, development of the World Wide Web, and adoption of Intranet technologies. Summary of qualifications: UNIX, AIX, SunOS, Solaris, Linux - 16 years. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95 - 10 years Internet/Intranet technologies (TCP/IP, SMTP, WWW, HTML, CGI) - 10 years MS-Office, Project Managers (Mac, Sun, Microsoft, Computer Associates, Teamwork). CASE (Teamwork, PowerBuilder, Irwin, Oracle, Visio) Rapid Application Development (PERL, UNIX tools, SQL, lex, yacc, awk, RPC, TCL/TK), Real-time applications (Directory Assistance (cluster controllers, routers, LANs, WANs), Package tracking (imbedded systems, bar code scanning, communications, download/upload), Financial Newsfeed Distribution (LAN, WAN, controllers, server performance, notification systems, alerts) Information Systems Architecture (UNIX, MS-Windows, MVS, VM/CMS, VMS, Windows NT, OS/2, SNA, APPC, TCP/IP, LANs, WANs, cross-platform integration). Employment 2/1995 - 8/1996 Standard & Poor's/McGraw-Hill New York, NY Director of Distribution. Hands-on Project Management and overall responsibility for distribution of all electronic products, including MarketScope, Stock Reports, and custom databases. Wrote specifications and utilities for these functions. Utilized UNIX (Solaris, Ultrix, OSF1, Linux), Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, VMS, OS/2, and customer Mainframes. Programmed in PERL, C, C++, HTML, CGI, SQL, DCL, Basic, and Visual Basic. Used Office, Excell, Access, and Visio. Trained Network Administrator for transition from DecNet to TCP/IP and T1 Frame Relay, including IP Routing/Filtering, Firewalls, TN3270, NIS, DNS, NFS, LAN/WAN, routers (Cisco, WellFleet), CSU, DSU, FRADs, and ISDN/Routers. 1/1993 - 2/1995 Dow Jones Information Services Princeton, NJ Responsible for developing new distribution strategies to support new product development. Projects included multicasted news feeds, satellite distribution and CD-ROM distribution of DowVision news feeds. Led the effort to put Dow Jones on the Internet. Used UNIX (HP/UX, SunOS, Solaris, Ultrix, OSF/1, Linux), Windows (3.1, NT 3.51), C, PERL, HTML, CGI, Sockets. Used DataScopes and statistical tools. Used Office, Excel, Access, and Visio. Trained Staff and Management in TCP/IP, Transistioning from X.25 to TCP/IP, Routers, FireWalls, Filtering, Proxies, Kerberos, HTML, CGI, and Object Oriented Stream protocols (JAVA). Introduced Winsock, Trumpet (Winsock Implementation), Cello, Mosaic, and NetScape to Dow Jones management and staff. 1/1992-12/1992 Open Systems & Internet Consulting Colorado and New York Consulted for IBM and Softronics on projects based on the adoption of Open Systems. Projects included development of Remote Procedure Calls, adoption of General Public License Software by IBM, and implementation of X11/R4 on IBM ESA Mainframes (3090 and ES9000) running AIX in Native and VM environments. Led development of "Internet For the Rest Of Us" package, including discussions which led to HTML browsers (predecessors of Mosaic and Netscape). Programmed in C, C++, imake, SQL, PERL. Used Sockets, RPC, DCE, Threads, Motif, and client/server tools. 1/1990 - 1/1992 Great West Life Insurance Englewood, Colorado Responsible for technical infrastructure and architecture of 5 divisions, including 100 Sun Workstations and 500 Windows Personal Computers. Responsibilities included development of system integration facilities using Sockets, PERL, C, C++, JCL, RPC, NIS, development, audio response systems, and performance management including use of Sun Net Manager, SNMP, Sniffers, Lan Analysers, and Oracle Statistics. 11/1987 - 1/1990 Federal Express Corporation Colorado Springs, CO As a senior programmer/analyst and engineer, led the effort to make the "SuperTracker" hand-held computer (predecessor to PDAs) reliable and fault tolerant. Also helped to design and implement strategic information systems that made it possible to predict and manage resource allocation in real-time. Contributions of my teams ultimately led to savings of $2 million/day and a Malcolm Baldridge award for Federal Express. Lead comprehensive evaluation of LAN/WAN strategies to integrate Mainframes, Minis, Workstations, and Personal Computers. Programmed in FORTH, C, C++, BASIC, DCL, JCL, and Shells. Used DataScopes, Logic Analysers, Oscilliscopes, static guns. Used CADRE TEAMWORK for system analysis and design. Used VAX, VM/CMS 3090-400, X.25, Ethernet, TCP/IP, PC, MacIntosh, Apollo, Sun. 6/1982 - 11/1987 Computer Consoles (Now British Telecom) Rochester, NY As a Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer, performed analysis, design, implementation, testing, support, and integration of directory assistance systems on proprietary systems based on IMS and on Open Systems based on UNIX and Intranet technology. Developed databases, operating systems, and applications for distributed processing systems of up to 1000 CPUs in fault tolerant (99.997% uptime) configurations. This work led to many of the standards which are now used on the Internet and Intranet. Part of a "special forces" unit dedicated to quickly resolving breakdowns resulting from capacities that doubled every 6 months. Programmed in C, FORTH, Assembler (PDP-11, 8085, 8086). Used DataScopes, Logic Analysers, Test Data Generators, Stiffers, X.25, TCP/IP, Sockets. Designed Routers and Terminal Servers. Used PDP-11, VAX, TAHOE (RISC Processor), PC, MacIntosh, SUN(1). Education 1974 - 1979 Loretto Heights College Denver, CO BA in Music/Theater Management. Trained in management and coordination of teams consisting of diverse skill sets ranging from Actors, Dancers, Musicians and Artists to Stage Hands, Ticket Sellers and Investors. 4 years equivalency. 1977 - 1978 Arapaho Community College Littleton, CO Business Management Classes, College Level Examination Program (CLEP). About 3 years equivalency. Other Education 1991 - 1996 Landmark Education Denver CO, Edison NJ, New York NY Leadership Training Programs including Cirriculum for Living (Forum, Advanced Course, Self Expression and Leadership Program), Introduction to the Forum Leaders Program (training in enrollment and empowering others), Team Management Leadership Program (team building, project management, team leadership, training and development, enrollment). Team Leadership Program (accountability, enrollment, team creation, team management, and empowerment). Seminars on Integrity, Commitment, Leadership, Excellence, and Power and Achievement. Assisting on Production, Registration, Enrollment, and Management teams. Other Business & Technical Courses Denver CO, Rochester NY, Colorado Springs Dale Carnagie Course, Yourdon/Demarco System Analysis & Design, Ward/Mellor Real-Time Analysis & Design, CACI Network Modelling, Project Management (Microsoft Project). References Available on Request Volunteer experience 1968-1970 Amateur Radio License (General Class WA0WMY)- President of Radio Club 1970-1978 - Deacon, Elder in Church., Theater Productions, Concert Choir, National Honor Society. 1992 - present - Assist at Landmark training people to lead communities. Publications Regular Contributor to Internet news groups. Helped build on-line-newspapers mailing list from 40 subscribers to over 4500 subscribers. Wrote 700 pages worth of postings to help commercialize the Internet. Contributor to General Public License (GPL) software pool, including work-for-hire that lead to JAVA (Dow Data Protocol), Client/Server computing (RPC), and Linux. Introduced TCP/IP, Internet, Intranet, and Linux for Corporate use. Promoted and supported their commercial acceptance in the face of no paid advertising. Web Pages @ http://cnj.digex.net/rballard Awards received Malcolm Baldridge Award (Received by Federal Express team 4 months after I left). Participated in ISO-9000 certification of IBM. Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution http://cnj.digex.net/~rballard From rballard@cnj.digex.net Thu Dec 19 02:34:01 1996 Status: O X-Status: Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 02:34:00 -0500 (EST) From: Rex Ballard To: "J.R. Wilson" cc: online-news@nando.net Subject: Re: Dataquest survey blasts Internet television In-Reply-To: <32b8e95c.12033628@mail.pacbell.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Web TV is actually a very sensible alternative to the "Cray 3 on a Desktop" solutions we've been using to accomodate Windows95, Windows NT, and Windows NT 4.0. For someone who wants a laptop that's a bit more than a Pilot and a bit Less than a Pentium supercomputer on a laptop, a Compaq Aero is "Enough". Marketing people need to spend $5000 for multimedia laptops that can crank out 4 hours worth of presentations including real-time 3d animation. The guy who want's to do a bit of shopping and jot off a little e-mail, a $300 PC and a high-speed modem is just the ticket. The idea isn't new though. The Linux operating system has been supported with an entire suite of applications (what windows calls applets), since it's earliest inception. You can load the operating system and then load the various application "Packages" and unload them. You can use a CD-ROM, an NFS server (Frequently another Linux machine), or download directly from the internet. Packages are usually less than 1.4 megabytes compressed and are decompressed by the package tool or package manager. What Sun and Java bring to the party is a suite of applications that can be run on Unix OR on Windows 95/NT. Other application suites that have this capability are PERL 5.0, TCL/TK, HTML/CGI, and VRML. In addition, these "front-end" systems can be driven by backend "pipelines". A good 486/50 makes a very intense Linux workstation. Price (used) at under $350 plus monitor, it's not a bad alternative. If you're one of those workers whose PC is being replaced by a Pentium because the 486 can't hack NT 4.0, ask if you can buy your old machine. Companies like Computer Renaisance let you buy in cheap. Web TV is another alternative for that "LowBall market". Suddenly, UNIX (Linux), that operating system that was too expensive and too complicated to compete with MS-Windows has become an attractive alternative. If Sun comes out with a full-function version of Solaris for Under $200, they could cash in on the Linux market. If they would rather not have to deal with the support headaches of dealing with a grandmother who doesn't know the difference between \ and /, they may concentrate on the corporate customer. Meanwhile, WebTV gives provides a common baseline from which to build applications that can be run on machines ranging from under $200 to over $5 Million. 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