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Interview with Sun's Chris Melissinos

pimlott — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:12:39 +0000

Absolutely. I could put something up, we could each have a different-colored pen to draw on it, in this space in realtime. I can work on a piece of code, pop it up onto the wallpaper, and say: Hey, will you run this application when you come in, in the morning, since we're twelve hours behind each other in timezones, and just post your thoughts? And when I come back in the next day, you've run the application, all your notes are scribbled right there on the whiteboard in this virtual space.
Let's say there's a fourth person we wanted to be in this conversation, but they weren't able to be there. We can actually play back the entire script and they can view it at their leisure later on....

This scenario screams for parody:

Absolutely. I could post something, and it would appear in your mailbox in realtime. I can work on a piece of code, send it to the list, and say: Hey, will you run this application when you come in, and just post your thoughts? And when I come back in the next day, all your notes are in a reply in my mailbox.
Let's say there's a fourth person we wanted to be in this conversation. He can actually read the list archives at his leisure....

Seriously, the concept is cool, and I do hope there will be useful applications, but this isn't one of them.

Interview with Sun's Chris Melissinos

cpeterso — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:05:05 +0000

Vaporous indeed, but here are some links:

Sun Press Release with screenshots:
http://www.sunlabs.com/spotlight/2006/2006-03-20_Darkstar...

Project History written by Jeff Kesselman (Chief Darkstar Architect):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Darkstar

Interview with Sun's Chris Melissinos

gypsumfantastic — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:05:10 +0000

An interesting-sounding project, but it feels rather vaporous to me.

We need some linky-clicky loving here.

Interview with Sun's Chris Melissinos

Junior_Samples — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:35:57 +0000

Sun's chief gaming officer? Are you sure this isn't a late April Fools? I imagine he must be in charge of Sun's ongoing Tetris development . . .

Just kidding. :^)