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Unresolved Netserver Issues
Is there an existing product?
How to make money from Small Biz?
telephony
bandwidth
stronger firewall
faster units
NT servers
what other facilities
EFT-POS, Visa, CashDrawer, ???
Lucent, CISCO, Bay, Axis - Do they have patents etc on this?
Inferno/Plan 9 vs Java-NC/Linux
What to run Netserver Apps in? Java, native, slim Binary, inferno, ???
UserRight - Brad Cox : 128 bit key, 32hex + checksum
Strong Encryption + back-office
Processors & platforms
Objects vs Files/Applic & charging
Charging scheme - pre-paid, post, on-the-fly??? ALL?
SCSI expansion - esp for Business
Device Drivers -> Mach/Win 95/NT. Xlate?
Music, film, book publishers & Artists => Liquid Audio, Real Audio & TV, Lucent/Ken, H.324?
Backups -> Jazz, M-Optic, spare disk?, tape?, network?
database server -> Oracle/Ingres/Sybase/Informix/? ==> slice or Netserver process
Specs on Firewire IEE1394 --> Disks!
Patch panels for house?
Web interface, control, data
User Authenication ==> Terminals. Standard? Smart Card?
File Sys Interface ==> if firewire on disk, then what protocol???
Give Away Software
User right ?
activate thru web site
Upgrades
move Licences between machines & users.
accounts on netserver
users on Terminals
Vendor/merchant Config like Mobile Phones
how do vendors differentiate
What if MicroSoft comes in? What can they do?
Web page authoring
User maint, sys admin functions, command line?
CPU slice [NT, Linux, ...?]
Where do Oracle, Sun & Apple stand?
Drivers for Phone slice
need slice hardware
need 12V 4-wire telephone handset/intercomm
device drivers for netserver?? What lang? Loadable? Upgrades? [aka LME?]
RTP/RTCP - Spec & implementation
Detailed spec on whole demo, prototype, product..........
hardware
kernel
system
idents, encryption. Ident ROM, removable SIM
IP services
sys services
Web pages - admin, operation, management interfaces
Update, distribution mechanisms ==> Config mgt && Rollback
High Reliability O/S!! [& silent reboot]
What to do if lightening blows it up??? Lost everything
backups
SAMBA
printers, scanners
PC-CARD interfaces??? if not, what
hot pluggable devices, memory, ROM
slices - define
phone - H.324? Interop with Cisco & Lucent/AT&T
audio, turners, pre-amp, Video , VCR
alarms - burglar, siren, light, sensors, fire, other??
Music, Video storage???
Merchant software
Licencee software/materials
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